Albert Lucas Entwistle died suddenly on April 29th, 1945, at the age of 67.
He was born at Bury, Lancashire, and from 1893 to 1895 was an articled pupil to Mr. T.J. Hutchinson, of Manchester, public analyst for Bury, and for the three following years was a student of metallurgy and chemistry at Owens College, Victoria University, Manchester.
In 1899 he was appointed metallurgical chemist and assayer at Sulphides Reduction (New Process), Ltd., Llanelly, and when the works closed down in 1901 took up the appointment of chemist for the North of Ireland Paper Co., Ltd., a position he held until his return in 1903 to employment with Sulphides Reduction, Ltd., at their new works at Landore, Swansea.
During 1904 he accompanied Mr. G.T. Holloway on a short visit to Angouléme, France, reporting on a process for treating refractory lead and zinc sulphide ores. He joined the staff of Venesta, Ltd., of Poplar, London, in 1905, also as metallurgical chemist, later taking a temporary post as assistant assayer at the Royal Mint, London. Shortly afterwards, in 1907, he went to Canada on his appointment as first assistant assayer at the Royal Mint, Ottawa, and in 1912 was put in charge of the refinery; after a period in an acting capacity he was, in 1922, appointed chief chemist and assayer, the position he still held at the time of his death, 23 years later.
Mr. Entwistle was elected to Studentship of the Institution in 1903, and was transferred to Associateship in 1907 and to Membership in 1917. He was also a Member of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
Vol. 56, Trans IMM 1946-7, p.617
