Sylvanus Thayer

Sylvanus Thayer
Sylvanus Thayer
	Sylvanus Thayer, lukisan karya Robert Weir
Julukan	"Bapak West Point"
Lahir	9 Juni 1785; Braintree, Massachusetts
Meninggal	7 September 1872 (umur 87); Braintree, Massachusetts
Tempat pengkebumian	West Point Cemetery, Highland Falls, NY
Pengabdian	Amerika Serikat
Dinas/cabang	United States Army; Union Army
Lama dinas	1808 – 1863
Pangkat	Kolonel; Brevet Brigjen
Komandan	Superintenden Akademi Militer Amerika Serikat
Perang/pertempuran	Perang tahun 1812

Kolonel dan Brevet Brigjen Sylvanus Thayer (9 Juni 1785 – 7 September 1872) yang juga dikenal sebagai "Bapak West Point" adalah seorang superintenden awal dari Akademi Militer Amerika Serikat di West Point dan advokat awal pendidikan insinyur di Amerika Serikat.

Kehidupan awal dan pendidikan

Sylvanus Thayer lahir di Braintree, Massachusetts, sebagai putra dari pasangan petani Nathaniel Thayer dan istrinya Dorcas Faxon.^[2]

Catatan

^ (Inggris) "Sylvanus Thayer". Find a Grave. Diakses tanggal October 17, 2010.
^ Herman Hattaway, Michael D. Smith. "Thayer, Sylvanus"; American National Biography Online Feb. 2000, accessed [1]; American Council of Learned Societies. Published by Oxford University Press.

Referensi

Eiche, John H., dan Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
Hunt, Roger D. dan Brown, Jack R. Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue. Gaithersburg, MD: Olde Soldier Books, Inc., 1990. ISBN 1-56013-002-4.
Kershner, James William, Sylvanus Thayer – A Biography, Arno Press, New York, 1982, p. 329.
Eliot, Major George Fielding, Sylvanus Thayer of West Point, Messner, 1959
Lathem, Edward Connery, editor, The Beginnings of the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College. The Thayer School of Engineering, Hanover, NH, 1964

Pranala luar

"Thayer, Sylvanus". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1889.
Film pendek Big Picture: Sylvanus Thayer of West Point tersedia untuk diunduh secara gratis di the Internet Archive [selebihnya]
Film pendek STAFF FILM REPORT 66-21A (1966) tersedia untuk diunduh secara gratis di the Internet Archive [selebihnya]

[1] (Inggris) "Sylvanus Thayer". Find a Grave. Diakses tanggal October 17, 2010.

[American_National_Biography_Online-2] Herman Hattaway, Michael D. Smith. "Thayer, Sylvanus"; American National Biography Online Feb. 2000, accessed [1]; American Council of Learned Societies. Published by Oxford University Press.

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