Background
Landreth, Olin Henry was born on July 21, 1852 in Addison, New York, United States. Son of Review James and Adelia (Comstock) Landreth.
Landreth, Olin Henry was born on July 21, 1852 in Addison, New York, United States. Son of Review James and Adelia (Comstock) Landreth.
Civil Engineer, Union College, 1876, Bachelor of Arts, 1877, Master of Arts, 1887, Doctor of Science, 1905.
Assistant astronomer, Dudley Observatory, Albany, New York, 1877-1879. Professor engineering, 1879-1894, dean engineering department, 1886-1894, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. Professor engineering, Union College, 1894-1917, emeritus professor engineering, since 1917.
Consulting engineer, also chief engineer of Eastern Potash Corporation, New York, 1919-1921.
Consulting engineer New York State Board of Health, 1896-1906. Member of New York State Water Storage Commission, 1902, New York State Bay Commission, 1903.
Member Metropolitan Sewerage communications of New New York Mechanics engineer, Ordnance Department, Washington, 1918-1919. Consulting practice. Author: Metric Tables.
Contributor to scientific and technical journals.
Prepared сivil engineering terms for new edit Century Dictionary.
Member New York Constitutional Convention, 1915.
Married Eliza Taylor, August 20, 1879 (deceased). Children: William Comstock (deceased), Olin Henry (deceased), Mistress Mary Eliza Parker, Helen Adelia, James Taylor (deceased), Robert Nelson.