George Washington Whistler
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 175 years ago |
Date of birth | May 19,1800 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Fort Wayne |
Indiana | |
United States | |
Date of died | April 7,1849 |
Died | Saint Petersburg |
Russia | |
Spouse | Anna McNeill Whistler |
Children | James Abbott McNeill Whistler |
William McNeill Whistler | |
Parents | John Whistler |
Anna Bishop | |
Grandchildren | Francis Seymour Haden |
Great grandchild | Roger Charles Seymour Thynne |
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ID | 823191 |
George Washington Whistler Life story
George Washington Whistler was a prominent American civil engineer best known for building steam locomotives and railroads. He is credited with introducing the steam whistle to American locomotives. In 1842, Tsar Nicholas I hired him to build the Saint Petersburg–Moscow Railway, Russia's first large-scale railroad.