
Benjamin Wright (October 10, 1770 – August 24, 1842) was an American civil engineer who served as Chief Engineer of both the Erie Canal and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. In 1969 he was declared the "Father of American Civil Engineering" by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Wright
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October 10, 1770
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Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, British Colonial America
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1801 |
October 19, 1801
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1808
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1810 |
March 22, 1810
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New York, New York County, New York, United States
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March 9, 1812
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1814 |
January 14, 1814
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Rome, Oneida County, New York, United States
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1842 |
August 24, 1842
Age 71
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New York City, New York, United States
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August 24, 1842
Age 71
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New York City Marble Cemetery, New York, New York, New York, United States
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