honorific_prefix caption death_date death_place children birth_place module monuments awards article_title name birth_date spouse image employer birth_name occupation alma_mater
general william p. trowbridge 12 august 1892 new haven , ct 8 troy , mi yes 1852 -- 56 , 1861 -- 65 , 1872-76 rank allegiance = major general united states military academy , rochester university = , yale college , princeton college , trinity college , united university of michigan servicenumber = unit = commands = connecticut states state militia battles = battles_label = branch = serviceyears = trowbridge house member , national academy of sciences -lrb- 1872 -rrb- william p. trowbridge
 william p. trowbridge 25 may 1828 lucy parkman -lrb- 1857 -- 1892 -rrb- 200px university mines of michigan sheffield scientific school columbia school of william petit trowbridge military officer , mechanical engineer , professor united states military academy
william p. trowbridge

william petit trowbridge -lrb- may 25 , 1828 -- august 12 , 1892 -rrb- was a mechanical engineer , military officer , and naturalist .
he was one of the first mechanical engineers on the faculties of the university of michigan , the sheffield scientific school of yale , and the columbia school of mines .
he had a brief military career after graduating from west point and later served as adjutant general for the state of connecticut from 1873 to 1876 .
during his career as a surveyor on the american pacific coast he collected thousands of animal specimens , several of which now bear his name .
trowbridge inducted into the national academy of sciences in 1872 and was also a member of the new york academy of sciences .
