Arthur Allan Gomme
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Arthur Allan Gomme (1882-1955) was a British librarian, historian of technology and folklorist.
Arthur Allan Gomme was born in 1882, the third son of Sir (George) Laurence Gomme (1853–1916) and his wife, Alice Bertha Gomme, (1853–1938), both of whom had been pioneering folklorists.
He was educated at Mercer's School from 1895 to 1900 before training in engineering at the City and Guilds Central Technical College (then the Royal College of Science). There Gomme gained a first class diploma and the Siemens Memorial medal for Electrical Engineering.[1]
Career
In 1904 Gomme joined the Patent Office as an Examiner. Gomme served with the 2nd battalion, Royal Fusiliers (university and public schools division) during the First World War. In 1919 he rejoined the Patent Office, and was appointed Librarian to the Patent Office in 1920, a role in which he held until his retirement in 1944. He was awarded the MBE in 1930.[2]
