John Rennie The Elder
John Rennie (7 June 1761 – 4 October 1821) was a Scottish civil engineer who designed many bridges, canals, docks and warehouses, and a pioneer in the use of structural cast-iron. Early years He was born the younger son of James Rennie, a farmer near Phantassie, near East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland. John showed a taste for mechanics at a very early age, and was allowed to spend much time in the workshop of Andrew Meikle, a millwright and the inventor of the threshing machine, who lived at Houston Mill on the Phantassie estate. After receiving a normal basic education at the parish school of Prestonkirk Parish Church, he was sent to the burgh school at Dunbar, and in November 1780 he matriculated at the University of Edinburgh, where he remained until 1783. His older brother George Rennie (agriculturalist), George remained to assist in the family agricultural business. Rennie worked as a millwright to have established a business. His originality was exhibited by the int ...
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John Rennie (Engineer)
John Rennie may refer to: * John Rennie the Elder (1761–1821), engineer (factories, canals, ''design'' of London Bridge) * Sir John Rennie the Younger (1794–1874), engineer (rail lines, ''completion'' of London Bridge) * John Rennie (naval architect) (1842–1918), naval architect * Sir John Rennie (MI6 officer) (1914–1981), Director of MI6 * John Rennie (soccer) (born c. 1944), American soccer coach * John Rennie (editor) (born 1959), editor-in-chief of ''Scientific American'', 1994–2009 * John Rennie (cricketer) (born 1970), Zimbabwean Test and ODI cricketer * John Gillies Rennie (1904–1952), Quebec politician and educator *:John Rennie High School, Quebec, Canada, named for John Gillies Rennie * John Rennie (GC) (1920–1943), British recipient of the George Cross * John Shaw Rennie Sir John Shaw Rennie (12 January 1917 – 12 August 2002) was a British civil servant and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East's Commissioner ...
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