children birth_place nationality discipline birth_date spouse article_title name
3 daughters 2 sons edinburgh scottish mechanical engineering 20 may 1783 mary west john ruthven -lrb- born 1783 -rrb-
 john ruthven
john ruthven -lrb- born 1783 -rrb-

john ruthven -lrb- born 20 may 1783 in edinburgh -rrb- was a scottish engineer .
he married mary west and they had five children , two of whom also became engineers .
john ruthven has a scotch patent , obtained jointly with his son morris west ruthven .
