John Alston Bevan died in Cyprus on January 23rd, 1939, at the age of 56.
He received his technical training at King’s College, London, under Professor A. K. Huntingdon, and after a short study of practical mining in Cornwall he was for three years in Transylvania, Hungary, as assayer and metallurgist, and mine manager to the Hungarian Syndicate.
From 1905 to 1907 he held positions with the New Rhodesia Mines, Ltd., in Mashonaland, and then for two years was engaged in mining, prospecting and reporting on mines in Siberia. In 1909 he was attached as engineer to a Russian mining expedition to investigate mineral resources in Mongolia. He returned to South Africa as consulting engineer to the New Rhodesia Mines, Ltd., and in 1911 entered into partnership with Mr. D.J. Inskipp, M.Inst.M.M., as consulting engineers practising in London. In that connexion he visited France, Corsica, Panama and Colombia.
During the 1914-18 War he served in the R.E.
In 1932 he visited Cyprus to make a report, and was later asked by the Government to act in an advisory capacity, as a result of which he was appointed Inspector of Mines and Labour in the island.
Mr. Bevan was admitted to Studentship of the Institution in 1900 and transferred to Associateship in 1908 and to Membership in 1913.
Vol. 49, Trans I.M.M. 1939-40, p. 732
