Henry Hocking died in Budapest in June, 1927, at the age of 59.
After four years’ study of chemistry and metallurgy at the Merchant Venturers’ Technical College, Bristol, he entered the chemical laboratory of Messrs. O. Pass & Sons, Ltd., Bedminster Smelting Works, in the same city, with which firm he was actively engaged for about ten years, from 1889 to 1899. The next two years he was at the Spandauer Schmelze Werke, Spandau, Germany, as manager, during which period he designed and erected plant for treating metallic residues. In 1902 he was appointed manager of the works of Messrs. C. Willi, Kayser & Co., of Berlin, and for ten years designed and erected for that firm plant consisting of blast, refining and calcining furnaces, Huntington-Heberlein and Bessemer converters, and electrolytic copper plant.
Returning to England in 1912 for six months, he erected experimental fume plant for the Penpoll tin smelting works at Bootle, Lancashire. In 1913 he returned to the Continent as manager of the Hungarian tin smelting works, with headquarters at Budapest, and he remained with that firm until his death.
Mr. Hocking was elected a Member of the Institution in 1914.
Vol. 37, Trans IMM 1927-8, pp.574-5
