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Robert Henry Thurston
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Robert Henry Thurston (October 25, 1839 ā October 25, 1903) was an American engineer, and the first Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology.
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He was assistant professor at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis and a published specialist on iron and steel as well as steam engines, when he was invited in 1871 by Stevens' president Henry Morton to head mechanical engineering at Stevens. The same year Thurston was appointed the first professor of mechanical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology.