William Petit Trowbridge
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General William P. Trowbridge |
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William P. Trowbridge
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| Born |
William Petit Trowbridge May 25, 1828 Troy, MI |
| Died | August 12, 1892 (aged 64) New Haven, CT |
| Monuments | Trowbridge House |
| Alma mater | United States Military Academy |
| Occupation | Military officer, mechanical engineer, professor |
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| Spouse(s) | Lucy Parkman (1857–1892) |
| Children | 8 |
| Awards | Member, National Academy of Sciences (1872) |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1852–56, 1861–65, 1872-76 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Commands held | Connecticut State Militia |
William Petit Trowbridge (May 25, 1828 – August 12, 1892) was a mechanical engineer, military officer, and naturalist. He was one of the first mechanical engineers on the faculties of the University of Michigan, the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale, and the Columbia School of Mines. He had a brief military career after graduating from West Point and later served as Adjutant General for the State of Connecticut from 1873 to 1876. During his career as a surveyor on the American Pacific coast he collected thousands of animal specimens, several of which now bear his name.
Trowbridge inducted into the National Academy of Sciences in 1872 and was also a member of the New York Academy of Sciences.
William Petit Trowbridge was born in the Strawberry Hill subdivision of Troy, Michigan on May 25, 1828. He parents were Stephan Van Rennselaer Trowbridge (1794–1859) and Elizabeth Conkling (1797–1873). Stephan fought in the War of 1812 and William’s grandfather took part in the Battle of Lexington as a brevet Captain in the Continental Army.
Trowbridge had eleven siblings, many of whom became notable in their own right. An older brother, Rowland Ebenezer (1828–1881), became a United States Congressman from Michigan and a close friend of Rutherford B. Hayes, and two others became Michigan businessmen. One younger brother, Tillman Conkling (1831–1888), became a Christian missionary in Aintab, Turkey and a founder of Central Turkey College, and another, Luther Stephen (1836–1912), also became a Major General during the American Civil War.
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