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| Name: |
John Stevens | | Birth Date: |
1749 | | Death Date: |
1838 | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
engineer, inventor |
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 Biography of John Stevens
462 words, approx. 2 pages
 The American engineer and inventor John Stevens (1749-1838) was one of the country's earliest experimenters with steamboats. He spent his entire career promoting better transportation in the form of steam railroads, canals, and steamboat lines. John... summary from source:
 Biography of John Stevens
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John Stevens provided the impetus for the steamboat industry that revolutionized the United States. The son of a merchant and ship owner and member of a very wealthy family, Stevens was born in New York City and graduated from King's College in 1768.... 
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 John Stevens Information
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Col. John Stevens, III (1749 - March 6 1838) was an American lawyer, engineer, and an inventor. Born in New York, New York, the son of John Stevens (1715-1792), secretary to Governor Livingston of New York, and his wife, the former Elizabeth Alexander....
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 The Record (Bergen County, NJ) John Backus, at 82; inventor of Fortran
03/21/2007: 627 words, approx. 2 pages BRIAN BERGSTEIN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 03-21-2007 John Backus, at 82; inventor of Fortran By BRIAN BERGSTEIN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Date: 03-21-2007, Wednesday Section: LOCAL Edtion: All Editions Biographical: John Backus John Backus, whose development of the... summary from source:
The Independent - London JOHN BACKUS ; Inventor of Fortran
03/30/2007: 707 words, approx. 2 pages For a three-year period in 1954-57, John Backus, a mathematician in his early thirties, led the IBM Fortran project. Fortran was a new programming language that enabled programs to be written compactly in English and mathematical symbols instead of the binary- oriented machine language... summary from source:
 AP News Some quotes on probe into Diana's death
12/14/2006: 282 words, approx. 1 pages"There was no conspiracy, there was no cover-up." _ Former Police Commissioner Lord John Stevens, head of the investigation into the deaths of Princess Diana and her friend, Dodi Fayed.___"We are certain the Princess of Wales was not pregnant at the time of her death."... summary from source:
AP News Fayed asks for Diana death records
3/21/2007: 378 words, approx. 1 pagesLawyers for Harrods department store owner Mohamed al Fayed asked a coroner Wednesday to order London police to hand over all documents and interviews from a three-year investigation into the deaths of his son Dodi Fayed and Princess Diana.At a preliminary hearing ahead of an...
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