William Barton Rogers

American scientist, founder of MIT (1804-1882) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 77

William Barton Rogers was an American geologist, physicist, and the founder and first president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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In 1859, Rogers purchased a version of this Millington print of the William & Mary campus c. 1840. His family had lived in the Brafferton, the house on the left.

1874 geological map of Virginia. Rogers' contributed coloring based on his 1835 partial survey.

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Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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