Rash's Surname Index

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Notes for Fairman ROGERS

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ROGERS, Fairman, civil engineer, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 15, 1833; son of Evans and Clara Augusta (Fairman) Rogers. He was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, A.B., 1853, A.M., 1856; was lecturer on mechanics at Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 1853–64; professor of civil engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, 1856–71, and a trustee of the University, 1871–86. He was a member of the 1st troop of Philadelphia cavalry in 1861, and served as a volunteer officer of U.S. engineers, during the Antietam and Gettysburg campaigns. In 1862 he made a survey of the Potomac river northward from Blakiston Island, for the U.S. coast and geodetic survey. He was a member and treasurer of the National Academy of Sciences; a member of the American Philosophical society; the American Society of Civil Engineers, and of the Pennsylvania Historical society. He was married in 1856 to Rebecca H., daughter of John F. Gilpin of Philadelphia. Among his important scientific papers are: Combinations of Mechanism representing Mental Processes (1874); Notes on Grant's Difference Engine (1874); Terrestrial Magnetism and the Magnetism of Iron Ships (1883), and A Manual of Coaching (1899). He died in Vienna, Austria, Aug. 24, 1900.

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