Rigby, Francis Burnham.

Name Entries

Information

person

Name Entries *

Rigby, Francis Burnham.

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Rigby, Francis Burnham.

Genders

Exist Dates

Biographical History

Francis Burnham Rigby was an English electrical engineer who was employed in the installation of underground power lines in Oakland and Berkeley during the aftermath of the 1906 San Francsico earthquake and fire. Rigby travelled extensively and eventually settled in the Solomon Islands. At the outset of World War I he returned to England to join the Royal Naval Air Service, then later the Royal Air Force. He died at age 40 in 1918. (From obituary clipping affixed to inside back cover of California album.)

From the description of Francis Burnham Rigby photograph albums [graphic] : reconstruction of San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley after the earthquake and fire of 1906, and scenes from the English countryside. 1907-ca. 1918. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 456715013

eng

Latn

External Related CPF

Other Entity IDs (Same As)

Sources

Loading ...

Resource Relations

Loading ...

Internal CPF Relations

Loading ...

Languages Used

Subjects

Berkeley (Calif.)

Camping

England

Marin County (Calif.)

Oakland (Calif.)

San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)

San Francisco (Calif.)

San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906

San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906

Soldiers

Underground utility lines

Nationalities

Activities

Occupations

Legal Statuses

Places

California

as recorded (not vetted)

AssociatedPlace

England

as recorded (not vetted)

AssociatedPlace

Design and construction

as recorded (not vetted)

AssociatedPlace

Convention Declarations

General Contexts

Structure or Genealogies

Mandates

Identity Constellation Identifier(s)

w6q89496

22869228