Christopher Robert Corning died in France in July, 1924.
He was an American citizen, and received his technical education in Germany, graduating as at mining engineer and mine surveyor at Freiberg, Saxony, in 1883, and as Ph.D. at Heidelberg in 1886.
His first professional appointment was in Idaho, U.S.A., at the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines, and eventually he entered into partnership with E.E. Olcott and Robert Peele (the author of the well-known handbook on mining) consulting mining engineers. In that capacity his activities were largely exercised in the United States and South Africa.
Mr. Corning was elected a Member of the Institution in 1900.
Vol. 34, Trans I.M.M. 1924-25, p. 564
