Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a private research university in Troy, New York, United States. It is the oldest technological university in the English-speaking world and in the Western Hemispher
Stephen van Rensselaer, founder of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Engraving of RPI in 1876
Russell Sage Laboratory
West Hall
Stephen Van Rensselaer
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Stephen Van Rensselaer III, was an American landowner, businessman, politician, and militia officer. He took control of Rensselaerswyck, his family's manor in upstate New York, at the age of twenty-on
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
…university in Troy, New York, United States. It is the oldest technological university in the English-speaking world and in the Western Hemisphere. Stephen Van Rensselaer and Amos Eaton established RPI in 1824 for the "application of science to the common purposes of life". Built on a hillside, RPI's 265-acre (107 ha…
c. 1813 engraving of Van Rensselaer as a major general
The Battle of Queenston Heights, which ended Van Rensselaer's active military career
1828 portrait of Van Rensselaer by Chester Harding