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
Portrait by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1793–1795
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
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
…ones. Van Rensselaer was a supporter of higher education; he served on the board of trustees for several schools and colleges and was the founder of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He was also a civic activist and philanthropist and was a founder of Albany's public library and the city's Institute of History & Arts. Long active…
Engraving of RPI in 1876
Russell Sage Laboratory
West Hall