25 Facts About Fairman Rogers

Fairman Rogers was an American civil engineer, educator and equestrian.

Fairman Rogers worked as a professor of civil engineering at the University of Pennsylvania from 1855 to 1871 and as a trustee from 1871 to 1886.

Fairman Rogers was one of the founders of the Department of Mines, Arts and Manufactures and co-founded the School of Veterinary Sciences at the University.

Fairman Rogers served as director of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, as chairman of their committee on instruction from 1878 to 1883, and led the competition for the design and construction of their new building.

Fairman Rogers was an avid equestrian and coach driving enthusiast.

Fairman Rogers published pamphlets and books on the topic and founded the Philadelphia Coaching Club.

Fairman Rogers was born in Philadelphia on November 15,1833, to Caroline Augusta and Evans Rogers.

Fairman Rogers taught civil engineering at the University of Pennsylvania from 1855 to 1871.

Fairman Rogers studied roads and bridges and lectured at the Franklin Institute on mechanics and physics and at Harvard University on road construction.

Fairman Rogers was one of four professors who founded its Department of Mines, Arts and Manufacturers in 1855.

Fairman Rogers co-founded the School of Veterinary Science and served as a University Trustee from 1871 to 1886.

In 1857, at age 24, Fairman Rogers was elected to the American Philosophical Society.

Fairman Rogers was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Academy of Natural Sciences and a charter member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Fairman Rogers was the author of Terrestrial Magnetism and the Magnetism of Iron Ships.

Fairman Rogers served as chairman of PAFA's Committee on Instruction.

Fairman Rogers recruited the controversial artist Thomas Eakins back to teach at the school, and commissioned the painting from him: The Fairman Rogers Four-in-Hand.

Fairman Rogers worked on the engineering staffs of General John F Reynolds and General William F Smith.

Fairman Rogers was one of the founders of the Union League of Philadelphia.

Fairman Rogers published a pamphlet on equestrianism and A Manual of Coaching.

Fairman Rogers founded the Philadelphia Coaching Club and was the first person to drive a four-in-hand carriage in Philadelphia.

Rogers' favorite mare, "Josephine," the lead horse in The Fairman Rogers Four-in-Hand, died in 1882.

Fairman Rogers donated the carcass to PAFA, where Eakins and his students studied and dissected it.

Fairman Rogers hired Furness to alter his Rittenhouse Square city house, and to design "Fairholme", his summer cottage in Newport, Rhode Island.

Fairman Rogers was an amateur photographer and one of the founders of the Philadelphia Photographic Society.

Fairman Rogers died in Vienna on August 22,1900, and was interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.