John Rennie the Elder

E17014
Scottish person civil engineer human

John Rennie the Elder was a prominent Scottish civil engineer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, renowned for his innovative work on canals, bridges, and docks across Britain.

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John Rennie the Elder canonical 18
John Rennie 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish person ⓘ
civil engineer ⓘ
human ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1821 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1780 ⓘ
birthDate 1761-06-07 ⓘ
birthPlace East Lothian ⓘ
Phantassie ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
burialPlace St Paul's Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: St Paul’s Cathedral
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1821-10-04 ⓘ
designed Crinan Canal ⓘ
Cromford Canal ⓘ
East India Docks, London ⓘ
Hull Docks ⓘ
Kennet and Avon Canal ⓘ
London Bridge ⓘ
surface form: London Bridge (19th-century stone bridge)

London Docks ⓘ
Southwark Bridge ⓘ
Waterloo Bridge ⓘ
educatedAt University of Edinburgh ⓘ
employer Matthew Boulton ⓘ
surface form: Boulton and Watt
era Industrial Revolution ⓘ
fatherOf George Rennie ⓘ
John Rennie the Younger ⓘ
fieldOfWork bridge engineering ⓘ
canal engineering ⓘ
civil engineering ⓘ
dock engineering ⓘ
harbour engineering ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
name John Rennie the Elder self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: John Rennie

John Rennie the Elder self-link ⓘ
nationality Scottish ⓘ
notableStudentOrApprentice John Rennie the Younger ⓘ
notableWork Crinan Canal ⓘ
Cromford Canal ⓘ
East India Docks, London ⓘ
Hull Docks ⓘ
Kennet and Avon Canal ⓘ
Lancaster Canal ⓘ
London Bridge ⓘ
surface form: London Bridge (19th-century stone bridge)

London Docks ⓘ
Plymouth Breakwater ⓘ
Rochdale Canal ⓘ
Royal William Victualling Yard, Plymouth ⓘ
Southwark Bridge ⓘ
Waterloo Bridge ⓘ
occupation civil engineer ⓘ
workedOn bridges ⓘ
canals ⓘ
docks ⓘ
harbours ⓘ
textile mills ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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Rochdale Canal → designedBy → John Rennie the Elder ⓘ
John Rennie the Elder → name → John Rennie the Elder self-link ⓘ
John Rennie the Elder → name → John Rennie the Elder self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Rennie
Waterloo Bridge → originalBridgeDesigner → John Rennie the Elder ⓘ
Crinan Canal → designedBy → John Rennie the Elder ⓘ
Crinan Canal → originalEngineer → John Rennie the Elder ⓘ
Royal William Victualling Yard, Plymouth → architectEngineer → John Rennie the Elder ⓘ
Royal William Victualling Yard, Plymouth → designer → John Rennie the Elder ⓘ
Phantassie → associatedWith → John Rennie the Elder ⓘ
Phantassie → birthplaceOf → John Rennie the Elder ⓘ
Phantassie → hasNotablePerson → John Rennie the Elder ⓘ
London Docks → designedBy → John Rennie the Elder ⓘ
Plymouth Breakwater → designedBy → John Rennie the Elder ⓘ
Plymouth Breakwater → engineer → John Rennie the Elder ⓘ
John Rennie the Younger → father → John Rennie the Elder ⓘ
John Rennie the Younger → hasRelative → John Rennie the Elder ⓘ
Lancaster Canal → architect → John Rennie the Elder ⓘ
Skerton Bridge → architect → John Rennie the Elder ⓘ
Serpentine Bridge → architect → John Rennie the Elder ⓘ