Sir John Rennie

(1794-1874)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Rennie, John, Sir, 1794-1874 NRA: Rennie Sir John (1794-1874) Knight civil engineer DNB: Rennie, Sir John (1794-1874), civil engineer LBT ID: JoRenni1874 VIAF ID: 91800388 LOC ID: n88067775	B/BAP: 1794-08-30 DIED: 1874-09-03
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Civil engineer, son of the engineer John Rennie (1761-1821); he was educated under Charles Burney at Greenwich. London Bridge was the most famous of his projects.
REFERENCES TO Sir John Rennie: Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter II. Found 1: ¶ 16