Jonathan Williams

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Jonathan Williams was an early American military engineer and officer who served as the first superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point.

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instanceOf United States Army officer
military educator
military engineer
person
associatedWith United States Military Academy at West Point NERFINISHED
birthDate 1750-05-20
birthPlace Boston, Massachusetts, British America NERFINISHED
Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay NERFINISHED
burialPlace Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1815-05-16
deathPlace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED
designed coastal fortifications in New York Harbor
educatedAt University of Pennsylvania
electedIn 1808 United States House of Representatives elections NERFINISHED
employer United States Army
familyName Williams
fieldOfWork coastal fortifications
military engineering
givenName Jonathan
hasRelativeType grandnephew of Benjamin Franklin
influenced professionalization of American military education
languageSpoken English
memberOf American Philosophical Society
United States Army Corps of Engineers NERFINISHED
militaryBranch United States Army
militaryRank brigadier general (brevet)
colonel
notableAchievement helped organize and lead the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the early 19th century
served as first superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point
notableStudent early officer corps of the United States Army
notableWork development of the United States Military Academy at West Point
occupation army officer
military engineer
politician
politicalOffice member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
politicalParty Democratic-Republican Party NERFINISHED
positionHeld Chief of Engineers of the United States Army NERFINISHED
first superintendent of the United States Military Academy
relative Benjamin Franklin NERFINISHED
represented Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district NERFINISHED
residence Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
West Point, New York NERFINISHED
serviceEndYear 1812
serviceEntryYear 1776
studiedUnder Benjamin Franklin NERFINISHED
timePeriod American Revolutionary War era NERFINISHED
early United States Republic
workLocation West Point, New York NERFINISHED

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Castle Williams namedAfter Jonathan Williams