Charles Ezra Greene (February 12, 1842 – 1903) was an

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, born in

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. He graduated at

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in 1862 and at

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in 1863, served as quartermaster during the last two years of the

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, and was United States assistant engineer from 1870 to 1872, when, for part of a year, he was city engineer of

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. In the same year he became connected with the engineering department of the

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. In 1895, he became the first

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of the

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, a position he held until his death. He was an associate editor of the ''

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'' from 1876 - 1877. His publications include: * ''Graphical Method for the Analysis of Bridge Trusses'' (1876) * ''Trusses and Arches: Graphics for Engineers, Architects, and Builders'' (three volumes, 1876–79; third edition, 1903) * ''Notes on Rankine's Civil Engineering'' (1891) * ''Structural Mechanics'' (1897; second edition, 1905)

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