John Perry

John Perry (1850-1920) was a pioneering engineer from Ireland. He was born on February 14 1850 at Garvagh, County Londonderry, the second son of Samuel Perry and a Scottish-born wife. He worked as Lord Kelvin's assistant at the University of Glasgow, and later became professor of mechanical engineering at Finsbury Technical College. Perry was a colleague of William Edward Ayrton and John Milne at the Imperial College of Engineering in Tokyo, 1875-79.