Arthur Crozier Claudet died on January 17th, 1913, aged 57, after a short attack of pneumonia.
He was the eldest son of the late Frederick Claudet, of London and Cannes, the founder of the firm of assayers and metallurgists in Coleman Street, E.C. Since the death of his father, in 1906, Mr. Arthur Claudet had been sole partner in the firm, and took over the appointments of assayer to the Bank of England, the Royal Mint Refinery, etc., which had been held by his late father for many years. He was educated privately, and then entered the Royal School of Mines, where he obtained the Associateship in Metallurgy in 1878.
He was one of the best known and most universally respected members of the mining and metallurgical community, and was Treasurer of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy from its foundation in 1892 until the day of his death. He was President of the Institution in 1906-7, and had also been a Trustee for a number of years. At various times he served on the Council of the Institute of Chemistry (of which he was a Fellow), the Faraday Society, and other scientific bodies.
He also took a keen and active interest in various educational movements, to which he devoted considerable time and generous financial assistance. Amongst these movements were the re-organization, rebuilding and equipment of the Royal School of Mines; the establishment of the Imperial College of Science and Technology, the Imperial College Union, etc.
He and Mr. Hennen Jennings, of Washington, D.C., established the post-graduate grants’ fund to supplement the Scholarships awarded by the Institution.
Vol. 22, Trans I.M.M. 1912-13, p. 718
