William P. Trowbridge
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American general, mechanical engineer, and naturalist
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William P. Trowbridge's Degrees
- Bachelors Mechanical Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Why Is William P. Trowbridge Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, William Petit Trowbridge was a mechanical engineer, military officer, and naturalist. He was one of the first mechanical engineers on the faculties of the University of Michigan, the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale, and the Columbia School of Mines. He had a brief military career after graduating from West Point and later served as Adjutant General for the State of Connecticut from 1873 to 1876. During his career as a surveyor on the American Pacific coast he collected thousands of animal specimens, several of which now bear his name.
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