James Renwick Sr.

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James Renwick Sr. was a prominent early 19th-century American engineer and Columbia College professor known for his work in physics and engineering education.

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instanceOf American ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
person ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
birthDate 1790-01-30 ⓘ
birthPlace Liverpool, England ⓘ
child James Renwick Jr. ⓘ
citizenshipStatus naturalized citizen of the United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1863-01-12 ⓘ
degree Bachelor of Arts from Columbia College ⓘ
Master of Arts from Columbia College ⓘ
educatedAt Columbia College ⓘ
linked to: Columbia University
employer Columbia College ⓘ
linked to: Columbia University

Columbia University ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
fieldOfWork engineering ⓘ
mechanics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
fullName James Renwick ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
scientific textbook ⓘ
influenced development of engineering curricula in the United States ⓘ
knownFor biographies of American engineers and statesmen ⓘ
textbooks on mechanics and natural philosophy ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
American Philosophical Society ⓘ
notableFor contributions to early American engineering education ⓘ
popular science writing in the 19th century ⓘ
teaching physics and engineering at Columbia College ⓘ
notableStudent students in early American engineering and physics at Columbia College ⓘ
occupation engineer ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
professor ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
positionHeld Professor of Chemistry at Columbia College ⓘ
Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy at Columbia College ⓘ
relative James Renwick Jr. ⓘ
taughtSubject chemistry ⓘ
mechanics ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ
workLocation New York City ⓘ
wrote Elements of Mechanics ⓘ
Life of De Witt Clinton ⓘ
Life of Robert Fulton ⓘ
linked to: Robert Fulton

Outlines of Natural Philosophy ⓘ
Treatise on the Steam Engine ⓘ

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James Renwick Jr. → father → James Renwick Sr. ⓘ