Robert Walker Thomson died at Kamloops, British Columbia, in 1921, at the age of 53 years.
He graduated in civil engineering at the School of Applied Science, Toronto. Ont., in 1892, and in the following year qualified for the degree of Bachelor of Applied Science at the University of Toronto, and for about two years was lecturer in mathematics and draughting at the Toronto Technical School.
In 1895 he went to South Africa, first as draughtsman to the Transvaal Coal Trust, and engineer and surveyor for the Rand Collieries, Ltd. He then joined the staff of the Consolidated Gold Fields of South Africa, Ltd., and worked for that company and other groups of gold mines until the end of 1906.
During the continuance of the South African War he was engaged on construction work, especially with regard to military railways. In 1907 he went to Canada, where he was engaged in reporting on properties until July, 1917, when he received a Government appointment as resident engineer, Central Mining Survey District No.3, British Columbia, with headquarters at Kamloops.
Mr. Thomson was elected a Member of the Institution in 1919.
Vol. 33 Trans IMM 1923-24, pp.540-41
