Sir Edward James Reed (1830-1906) was the Chief Constructor of the Royal Navy from 1863 until 1870. Following his resignation he became a member of Parliament and author. 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ...
EdwardJamesReed - Chief Constructor of the Navy 1863-187
Reed and his team have been credited with a method of iron shipbuilding which was still the standard method used in the 20th century; they also produced in HMS Devastation a ship without forecastle, poop or masts to interfere with Coles’s turrets, the forerunner of a long line of modern battleships.
Reed subsequently became a Member of Parliament, (from which position he was able to attack his successors at the Admiralty), and became Vice-President of the Institution of Naval Architects until his death in 1906.
Reed, although the blood was running down over his face and shoulders from his own wounds, manifested great anguish of spirit, and threw the knife away from him and into the river.
Reed was thus compelled to do as he did, the occurrence produced much feeling against him; and in the evening Kiesburg proposed to hang him.
Reed had nothing to do with the affair and if she had Snyder would not strike her, for he would not strike a woman at all; He was too much of a man for that.
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