David Bates Douglass LL.D. | |
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| Born | March 21, 1790 |
| Died | October 21, 1849 (aged 59) Geneva, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Professor of Civil Engineering |
| Known for | Professor at USMA, designed Green-Wood Cemetery |
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David Bates Douglass (March 21, 1790 – October 21, 1849) was a civil and military engineer, who worked on a broad set of projects throughout his career. For fifteen years he was a professor at the United States Military Academy, and after his resignation from the army he worked as a consulting engineer while holding academic appointments at various colleges and universities. He was the third president of Kenyon College (1841-1845), and when he died in 1849 he was the chair of the Mathematics Department at Hobart College.[1]
- ^ Jackman, Sydney W.; Freeman, John F., eds. (1969). American Voyageur: The Journal of David Bates Douglass. Marquette, Michigan: Northern Michigan University Press. pp. xiii–xxii.