Sir Ernest William Moir was a British civil engineer and the first Moir baronet. He is credited with inventing the first medical airlock while working on the Hudson River Tunnel in New York in 1889.
Sir Ernest William Moir in 1917
Moir's airlock of 1889 first used while building the Hudson River Tunnel in New York City
Moir was appointed to the Council of the Minister of Munitions during World War I by David Lloyd George (pictured).
The Grade II listed Moir family grave in Brookwood Cemetery
University College School
University College School, also known as UCS, is an independent day school in Frognal, Hampstead, London, England. The school was founded in 1830 by University College London and inherited many of that institution's progressive and secular views.
University College School, Frognal, Hampstead in the early twentieth century