John Cope Butterfield died in London on March 8th, 1917, aged 67 years.
He studied with the late Edward Riley for seven years and afterwards acted as his assistant. He was also a student for three years at the Royal School of Mines, where he obtained the Associateship; and he continued his connection with the school by working as assistant to the late Dr. Percy. He was a Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry and also a Fellow of the Chemical Society.
For many years he was chemist and metallurgist to Sir G. Elliot, Bart., and on the termination of this engagement practised in London as a consulting metallurgist and its mining engineer. During this period he visited and reported on mining properties in various parts of the world, making investigations and reports on gold ores; oil shale mining and distillation; antimony deposits; the economic working of peat, and sewerage disposal and treatment.
He published his work on ‘The Manufacture of Explosives’ in 1901; and was the author of various papers read before scientific societies.
Mr. Butterfield was an original Member of the Institution.
Vol. 26, Trans I.M.M. 1916-17, pp. 261-2
