Henry Turner Eddy (June 9, 1844 – December 11, 1921) was a

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science and engineering educator. He was president of the

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and the

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Biography

Henry Turner Eddy was born in

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on June 9, 1844. He was educated at

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and later took a further scientific course in

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and

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. He married Sebella Elizabeth Taylor on January 4, 1870 and they had five children. He was elected as a member to the

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in 1877. In 1872, Turner received the first

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awarded by

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. After holding a professorship in mathematics, astronomy and civil engineering at the University of Cincinnati 1874-90, and acting as dean of the academic faculty of that institution (1874–77, 1884–89), he became its president in 1890. He was also president of the Rose Polytechnic Institute at

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, from 1891 to 1894, when he accepted the chair of engineering and mechanics at the

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. He became dean of the graduate school of the University of Minnesota in 1906, and professor and dean emeritus in 1912. He died in

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on December 11, 1921.

Works

* ''Analytical Geometry'' (1874)
''Researches in Graphical Statics''
(1878)
''Thermodynamics''
(1879) * ''Neue Constructionen aus der graphischen Statik'' (1880)
''Maximum Stresses under Concentrated Loads''
(1890) * ''Theory of the Flexure and Strength of Rectangular Flat Plates Applied to Reinforced Concrete Floor Slabs'' (1913)
''Concrete-Steel Construction''
(1914) He wrote numerous scientific and technical papers. In 1893 in Chicago, he read a paper ''Modern Graphical Developments'' at the International Mathematical Congress held in connection with the

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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eddy, Henry Turner 1844 births 1921 deaths University of Cincinnati faculty Presidents of the University of Cincinnati Yale University alumni Cornell University alumni University of Minnesota faculty People from Stoughton, Massachusetts