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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| James Renwick Sr. canonical | 2 |
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Target entity: James Renwick Sr. Context triple: [James Renwick Jr., relative, James Renwick Sr.]
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James Renwick Jr.
James Renwick Jr. was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for his Gothic Revival designs, including several landmark churches and public buildings in the United States.
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Alfred B. Mullett
Alfred B. Mullett was a prominent 19th-century American architect who served as Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury and designed numerous notable federal buildings in the Second Empire style.
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Benjamin Henry Latrobe
Benjamin Henry Latrobe was a pioneering British-American architect often regarded as the father of American architecture, known for his influential work on the United States Capitol and other early federal buildings.
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Abraham Van Brunt
Abraham Van Brunt, better known as Brom Bones, is the boisterous, brawny rival of Ichabod Crane in Washington Irving’s short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
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John Notman
John Notman was a 19th-century Scottish-born American architect known for helping introduce the Italianate style to the United States and for designing prominent civic and institutional buildings.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: James Renwick Sr. Target entity description: 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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A.
James Renwick Jr.
James Renwick Jr. was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for his Gothic Revival designs, including several landmark churches and public buildings in the United States.
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B.
Alfred B. Mullett
Alfred B. Mullett was a prominent 19th-century American architect who served as Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury and designed numerous notable federal buildings in the Second Empire style.
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C.
Benjamin Henry Latrobe
Benjamin Henry Latrobe was a pioneering British-American architect often regarded as the father of American architecture, known for his influential work on the United States Capitol and other early federal buildings.
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D.
Abraham Van Brunt
Abraham Van Brunt, better known as Brom Bones, is the boisterous, brawny rival of Ichabod Crane in Washington Irving’s short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
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E.
John Notman
John Notman was a 19th-century Scottish-born American architect known for helping introduce the Italianate style to the United States and for designing prominent civic and institutional buildings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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engineer ⓘ person ⓘ physicist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1790-01-30 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Liverpool, Lancashire, England
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surface form:
Liverpool, England
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| 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
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Master of Arts from Columbia College ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
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surface form:
Columbia College
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| employer |
Columbia University
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surface form:
Columbia College
Columbia University ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
engineering
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mechanics ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| fullName | James Renwick ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
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scientific textbook ⓘ |
| influenced | development of engineering curricula in the United States ⓘ |
| knownFor |
biographies of American engineers and statesmen
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textbooks on mechanics and natural philosophy ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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American Philosophical Society ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to early American engineering education
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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
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physicist ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Professor of Chemistry at Columbia College
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Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy at Columbia College ⓘ |
| relative | James Renwick Jr. ⓘ |
| taughtSubject |
chemistry
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mechanics ⓘ natural philosophy ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| wrote |
Elements of Mechanics
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Life of De Witt Clinton ⓘ Robert Fulton ⓘ
surface form:
Life of Robert Fulton
Outlines of Natural Philosophy ⓘ Treatise on the Steam Engine ⓘ |
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