David Rittenhouse

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David Rittenhouse was an American astronomer, inventor, and statesman of the 18th century, renowned for his work in astronomy and for serving as the first director of the United States Mint.

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instanceOf American patriot
astronomer
human
inventor
statesman
appointedBy George Washington
burialPlace Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia
contributedTo scientific instrumentation for the American Revolution
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1732-04-08
dateOfDeath 1796-06-26
educatedIn self-taught in mathematics and astronomy
endTime 1795-06-30
ethnicGroup German-American
familyName Rittenhouse
fieldOfWork astronomy
instrument making
optics
fullName David Rittenhouse self-link
givenName David
honorificEponym Rittenhouse Gap, Pennsylvania
Rittenhouse Square area
surface form: Rittenhouse Square

Rittenhouse crater on the Moon
knownFor being the first director of the United States Mint
construction of orreries
observations of the transit of Venus
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Philosophical Society
notableAchievement helped establish the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland
surveyed parts of the Mason–Dixon Line region
notableWork Orrery
surface form: Rittenhouse orrery

astronomical observations of 1769 transit of Venus
occupation astronomer
clockmaker
inventor
mathematician
public official
surveyor
participatedIn American Revolutionary War
surface form: American Revolution
placeOfBirth Rittenhouse Town, Pennsylvania Colony
near Germantown, Pennsylvania
placeOfDeath Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
positionHeld Director of the United States Mint
Pennsylvania state official
President of the American Philosophical Society
Treasurer of Pennsylvania
religion Quaker background
residence Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
startTime 1792-04-14

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David Rittenhouse fullName David Rittenhouse self-link