Richard Pennefather Rothwell (May 1, 1836 – April 17, 1901) was a Canadian-American civil, mechanical and mining engineer. He was the co-founder of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, and was awarded the gold medal at the Paris Exposition, in 1898, by the Soeiete d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale de France, as founder and editor of The Mineral Industry.
His professional practice in France and England, and his subsequent career as civil, mechanical and mining engineer in Pennsylvania, from the year 1866 to 1873, prepared him for his later work as editor, writer and manager of statistical and scientific publications. Rothwell already was known as an accomplished writer on engineering and mining topics when, in 1874 he became an editor, and afterward the owner of The Engineering and Mining Journal.[2]
Later, he formed The Scientific Publishing Company, and in 1893, began the publication of The Mineral Industry, which fulfilled his ideal of an annual that would cover the whole field of the world's mineral production and the world's mining and metallurgical progress. Rothwell was eminently fitted to organize and advance this undertaking. He possessed a quick perception of the value of material for publication, an extraordinary memory and a keen sense of fitness and preparation. While he possessed in an eminent degree the power of broad generalization, few men could analyze a compilation of figures so quickly or give to statistical results so clear and compact a form. He laid the lines on which The Mineral Industry had been carried forward, and it was primarily due to his good judgment and management that the book from the first possessed a value, which was generally acknowledged as scarcely without parallel in statistical and technical literature.[2]
Rothwell was one of the three founders of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. He was awarded the gold medal at the Paris Exposition, in 1898, by the Soeiete d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale de France, as editor of The Mineral Industry.
He organized The Sophia Fund, which was incorporated in May 1900, as a memorial to his long-time employee, Sophia Braeunlich, with a donation of about US$25,000, a part of which was contributed from moneys left by Braeunlich. [3]
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Charity Organization Society (1901). Charities: The Official Organ of the Charity Organization Society of the City of New York. Vol. 6 (Public domain ed.). Charity Organization Society of the City of New York.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Scientific Publishing Company (1901). The Mineral Industry. Vol. 9 (Public domain ed.). Scientific Publishing Company.
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richard, rothwell, richard, pennefather, rothwell, 1836, april, 1901, canadian, american, civil, mechanical, mining, engineer, founder, american, institute, mining, engineers, awarded, gold, medal, paris, exposition, 1898, soeiete, encouragement, pour, industr. Richard Pennefather Rothwell May 1 1836 April 17 1901 was a Canadian American civil mechanical and mining engineer He was the co founder of the American Institute of Mining Engineers and was awarded the gold medal at the Paris Exposition in 1898 by the Soeiete d Encouragement pour l Industrie Nationale de France as founder and editor of The Mineral Industry Richard P RothwellBorn 1836 05 01 May 1 1836Ingersoll Upper CanadaDiedApril 17 1901 1901 04 17 aged 64 New York New YorkEducationTrinity College Rensselaer Institute Ecole nationale superieure des mines de ParisOccupationEngineerSpouseBertha Hillebrand m 1862 wbr Contents 1 Early years and education 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 References 4 1 BibliographyEarly years and education editRichard Pennefather Rothwell was born May 1 1836 at Ingersoll Upper Canada He studied in early life at Trinity College Toronto the Rensselaer Institute at Troy New York and the Ecole nationale superieure des mines de Paris 1 Career editHis professional practice in France and England and his subsequent career as civil mechanical and mining engineer in Pennsylvania from the year 1866 to 1873 prepared him for his later work as editor writer and manager of statistical and scientific publications Rothwell already was known as an accomplished writer on engineering and mining topics when in 1874 he became an editor and afterward the owner of The Engineering and Mining Journal 2 Later he formed The Scientific Publishing Company and in 1893 began the publication of The Mineral Industry which fulfilled his ideal of an annual that would cover the whole field of the world s mineral production and the world s mining and metallurgical progress Rothwell was eminently fitted to organize and advance this undertaking He possessed a quick perception of the value of material for publication an extraordinary memory and a keen sense of fitness and preparation While he possessed in an eminent degree the power of broad generalization few men could analyze a compilation of figures so quickly or give to statistical results so clear and compact a form He laid the lines on which The Mineral Industry had been carried forward and it was primarily due to his good judgment and management that the book from the first possessed a value which was generally acknowledged as scarcely without parallel in statistical and technical literature 2 Rothwell was one of the three founders of the American Institute of Mining Engineers He was awarded the gold medal at the Paris Exposition in 1898 by the Soeiete d Encouragement pour l Industrie Nationale de France as editor of The Mineral Industry He organized The Sophia Fund which was incorporated in May 1900 as a memorial to his long time employee Sophia Braeunlich with a donation of about US 25 000 a part of which was contributed from moneys left by Braeunlich 3 Personal life editRothwell married Bertha Hillebrand in 1862 1 He died at his residence in New York City on April 17 1901 1 2 References edit a b c The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography Vol X J T White Company 1900 p 229 Retrieved July 24 2020 via Google Books a b c Scientific Publishing Company 1901 p 20 Charity Organization Society 1901 p 254 Bibliography edit nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Charity Organization Society 1901 Charities The Official Organ of the Charity Organization Society of the City of New York Vol 6 Public domain ed Charity Organization Society of the City of New York nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Scientific Publishing Company 1901 The Mineral Industry Vol 9 Public domain ed Scientific Publishing Company Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Richard P Rothwell amp oldid 1215228414, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
