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Sylvanus Thayer
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Sylvanus Thayer was a male engineer and colonel in the United States Army who held allegiance to the United States. He participated in the War of 1812. Thayer was educated at Dartmouth College and the United States Military Academy. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, and he received the award of Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Born in Braintree in 1785, Thayer died in the same location in 1872. He was buried in West Point Cemetery in 1877. His life and work have been described by source material such as Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. He is also recognized within the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Braintree
- Place of death
- Braintree
- Occupation
- engineer
- Educated at
- United States Military Academy
- Conflict
- War of 1812
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Military rank
- colonel
- Image
- SylvanusThayer.jpg
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- place of burial
- West Point Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1785-06-09
- date of death
- 1872-09-07
- described by source
- Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- allegiance
- United States
- Commons category
- Sylvanus Thayer
- date of burial or cremation
- 1877-11-08
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