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David Bates Douglass

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American civil and military engineer; academic administrator; and cemetery architect (1790-1849)

United StatesArchitectsLived 1790 to 1849 · aged 59
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David Bates Douglass was a civil and military engineer, who worked on a broad set of projects throughout his career.

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David Bates Douglass was a civil and military engineer, who worked on a broad set of projects throughout his career. For fifteen years he was a professor at the United States Military Academy, and after his resignation from the army he worked as a consulting engineer while holding academic appointments at various colleges and universities. He was the third president of Kenyon College (1841-1845), and when he died in 1849 he was the chair of the Mathematics Department at Hobart College.

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United States
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Architects
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Architect
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deceased
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Lived 1790 to 1849 · aged 59
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