Newell, Frederick Haynes, 1862-1932

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Dates:
Birth 1862-03-05
Death 1932-07-05
English

Biographical notes:

Consulting engineer and public official.

From the description of Frederick Haynes Newell papers, 1885-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980182

Civil engineer; head, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus).

From the description of Papers, 1891-1919. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28420476

Biographical Note

1862, Mar. 5 Born, Bradford, Pa. 1885 Graduated, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. 1888 Appointed assistant hydraulic engineer, U.S. Geological Survey 1890 Married Effie Josephine Mackintosh 1902 Appointed chief engineer, U.S. Geological Survey; became head of newly created U.S. Reclamation Service in the Department of the Interior 1907 Appointed member of Inland Waterways Commission 1915 Dismissed from U.S. Reclamation Service by Interior Secretary Frederick K. Lane 1932, July 5 Died

From the guide to the Frederick Haynes Newell Papers, 1885-1931, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • France
  • Fuel
  • Industrial priorities
  • Land use
  • Land use
  • Public lands
  • Public lands
  • Public opinion
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War I
  • World War I
  • Land use
  • Public lands
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War I

Occupations:

  • Civil engineers
  • Collector
  • Departmental chairmen (Universities)
  • Engineers
  • Public officials

Places:

  • Romorantin (France) (as recorded)
  • France (as recorded)
  • Austria (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Switzerland (as recorded)
  • Illinois (as recorded)
  • Hungary (as recorded)

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