John Rennie
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John Rennie (7 June 1761 at "Phantassie", near East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland - 4 October 1821), a farmer's younger son, was a Scottish civil engineer who designed many bridges, canals, and docks. A tinkerer and model builder even as a child, he first worked as a millwright with noted mechanical engineer Andrew Meikle (inventor of the threshing machine). Rennie then attended the University of Edinburgh (1780-1783) and began work as an engineer, …
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| Born: | June 7, 1761 |
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| Died: | October 4, 1821 |
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Rennie's work on canals, aqueducts, bridges and dockyards mark him as one of the greatest engineers of his age. www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/rennie_john.shtml |
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RENNIE, JOHN, a celebrated
civil engineer, was the youngest son of a respectable farmer at Phantassie,
in East Lothian, where he was born, June 7, 1761. www.electricscotland.com/history/other/rennie_john.htm |
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The definitive Wikipedia entry for John Rennie. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rennie_%28father%29 |
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