Robert Absalom Thom

Deceased Person

1873 – 1955

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Who was Robert Absalom Thom?

Robert Absalom Thom was the final Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Superintendent of the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway, and became a key figure in the locomotive departments of the company's successors, the Great Central Railway and the London & North Eastern Railway. Thom was born at Aberdeen on 14 June 1873. He attended Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen, where he received a technical education.

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Born
Jun 14, 1873
Aberdeen
Education
  • Robert Gordon's College
Died
Nov 2, 1955
Ilkley

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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