Thayer, Sylvanus, 1785-1872
Name Entries
person
Thayer, Sylvanus, 1785-1872
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Thayer, Sylvanus, 1785-1872
Thayer, Sylvanus
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Thayer, Sylvanus
Genders
Male
Exist Dates
Biographical History
Sylvanus Thayer was a United States (U.S.) Army officer who was appointed the superintendent of U.S. Military Academy from July 27,1817-July 1, 1833. After that he was assigned engineer duties in Boston, Massachusetts.
Sylvanus Thayer was commissioned 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1808, served as superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, 1817-1833, and was then U.S. Army engineer in charge of construction of fortifications at the entrance to Boston Harbor and of improvements to New England harbors generally; he retired from the Army in 1863 with the brevetted rank of brigadier-general. He established the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College in 1867, and provided a fund for a public library in Braintree, Mass., his residence.
eng
Latn
External Related CPF
https://viaf.org/viaf/18539255
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2374046
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81028160
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n81028160
Other Entity IDs (Same As)
Sources
Loading ...
Resource Relations
Loading ...
Internal CPF Relations
Loading ...
Languages Used
eng
Zyyy
Subjects
Mathematics teachers
Military engineering
Nationalities
Americans
Activities
Occupations
Topographical surveying
Legal Statuses
Places
Boston Harbor Islands (Mass.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Massachusetts
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Massachusetts--Boston
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Virginia--Charlottesville
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Boston Harbor (Mass.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Charlestown (Boston, Mass.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Virginia--Charlottesville
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Convention Declarations
<conventionDeclaration><citation>VIAF</citation></conventionDeclaration>