| LC control no. | n 81028160 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Thayer, Sylvanus, 1785-1872 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 17850609 |
| Death date | 18720907 |
| Field of activity | Military education Engineering--Study and teaching |
| Affiliation | United States Military Academy |
| Found in | Author's A special report on the sea wall ... for the preservation ... 1844. Wikipedia, Dec. 10, 2013 (Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General Sylvanus Thayer; b. June 9, 1785, Braintree, Mass., d. September 7, 1872, Braintree, Mass.; known as "the Father of West Point"; early superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point and an early advocate of engineering education in the United States) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvanus_Thayer> |
| Associated language | eng |
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