John Rennie
✓ Source-basedfallingEngineer from Scotland (1761-1821)
ScientistsLived 1761 to 1821 · aged 60
Fame48.3
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Languages18
Peak1830s
In century#1,721
John Rennie was a Scottish civil engineer who designed many bridges, canals, docks and warehouses, and a pioneer in the use of structural cast-iron.
Also inDeutsch
Photos 7
Portrait of John Rennie, 1810, by Sir Henry Raeburn
Portrait on the John Rennie Memorial at Phantassie, East Linton
Dundas Aqueduct
The opening of the first Waterloo Bridge on 18 June 1817
The illustration submitted by Alan Stevenson to demonstrate his father's priority but which shows Rennie's influence
Holyhead Mail Pier Light
Plymouth breakwater, viewed from above KingsandAwards 3
In their orbit 6
Connected to John 4
Scientists born in the 1760s 2
About this person
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1761 to 1821 · aged 60
Written about in
18 languages
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