Edwin Augustus Stevens
19th-century American engineer; founder of the Stevens Institute of Tech. in Hoboken, NJ / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the founder of Stevens Institute of Technology. For his son, see Edwin Augustus Stevens, Jr.
Edwin Augustus Stevens (July 28, 1795 – August 7, 1868) was an American engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur who left a bequest that was used to establish the Stevens Institute of Technology.
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Born | (1795-07-28)July 28, 1795 Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S. |
Died | August 7, 1868(1868-08-07) (aged 73) |
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Children | 8, including Edwin Jr. and Caroline Bayard |
Parent(s) | John Stevens III Rachel Cox Stevens |
Relatives | John Cox Stevens (brother) Robert L. Stevens (brother) See Stevens family |
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