Sylvanus Thayer West Point
This week in civil engineering history Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General Sylvanus Thayer, known for his educational reforms at the United States Military Academy at West Point and Dartmouth College, was born on June 9, 1785.. Born in Braintree, Massachusetts, Sylvanus Thayer grew up in Washington, New Hampshire, and entered Dartmouth College in 1803.
Other articles where Sylvanus Thayer is discussed United States Military Academy History Sylvanus Thayer 1817-33, who became known as the quotfather of the military academyquot because of his lasting influence upon the West Point physical plant, the library, the curriculum, and the pedagogical method. Under Thayer's leadership the academy produced military technicians whose skills were
Sylvanus Thayer 1785-1872, American educator and engineer, put the U.S. Military Academy on a secure footing and promoted civil engineering as a collegiate course and profession. Sylvanus Thayer was born on June 9, 1785, in Braintree, Mass. He entered Dartmouth College in 1803 but left in 1807 to attend the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
This updated biography of Sylvanus Thayer provides a chronological look at the life of the man best known as the quotFather of the United States Military Academy.quot He holds an MA and PhD in Geography from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has taught at West Point since 1995. Dr. Malinowski is the author of The West Point
West Point owes its distinctive character mainly to one man. He was Sylvanus Thayer, who transformed the country's new military academy from a marginal and shaky enterprise into a school whose supremacy in the fields of science and engineering was unchallenged in America for some forty years.
Sylvanus Thayer was a notable American military engineer and educator, best known for his transformative role as the superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point from 1817 to 1833. Originally from a wealthy farming family in Massachusetts, Thayer pursued a military career after attending Dartmouth College, where he developed a keen interest in engineering and military affairs.
Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General Sylvanus Thayer June 9, 1785 - September 7, 1872 also known as quotthe Father of West Pointquot was an early superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point and an early advocate of engineering education in the United States. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1807.
Sylvanus Thayer watched in mute horror as army after American army stumbled to disgrace and defeat along the Canadian border against British regularsand even Canadian militiamenwho were often outnumbered five to one. New York newspapers ran lurid stories about a mutiny at West Point. Thayer ignored the bad publicity and ordered a
Sylvanus Thayer June 9, 1785 - September 7, 1872 was an American military officer, engineer and educator who served as the fifth superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1817 to 1833. He is remembered as the quotFather of the Military Academyquot for reforming the institution to its current standards, 1 and was an early advocate of engineering education in the
Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General Sylvanus Thayer June 9, 1785 - September 7, 1872 also known as quotthe Father of West Pointquot was an early superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point and an early advocate of engineering education in the United States.
