Background
Burr, William Hubert was born on July 14, 1851 in Watertown, Connecticut, United States. Son of George William and Marion Foote (Scovill) Burr.
Burr, William Hubert was born on July 14, 1851 in Watertown, Connecticut, United States. Son of George William and Marion Foote (Scovill) Burr.
Civil Engineer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1872.
Anne Louisa Colgate. Began practice as civil engineer, 1872. Professor rational and technical mechanics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1876-1884. Assistant to chief engineer, and later general manager, Phoenix Bridge Company, 1884-1891.
Professor engineering Harvard, 1892-1893.
Professor сivil engineering, 1893-1916, professor emeritus, Columbia University. Civil engineer and consulting engineer, New York City, since 1916.
Consulting engineer to department public works, 1893-1895, parks, 1895-1897, of docks, 1895-1897, and then department of bridges and board of water supply, New New New York
Member of the board of engineers to investigate feasibility of proposed bridge across North River, 1894. Member board to locate deep water harbor on coast of Southern California, 1896. Member Isthmian Canal Commission to examine and report upon most feasible and practicable route for an interoceanic canal across the Central American Isthmus, 1902.
Member and chairman Commision on Additional Water Supply of City of New New York
Member Isthmian Canal Commission and Member of advisory board of engineers for construction of Barge Canal by State of New York, 1911.
Member board consultant engineers by commissions states of New York and New Jersey for constructing vehicular tunnel under Hudson river at New York City, 1919. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Trustee Cathedral of Saint John the Divine.
Married Caroline Kent Seelye, 1876 (died 1894). Married second, Gertrude Gold Shipman, 1900. Children: Mistress Marion Elisabeth Mars, William Fairfield, George Lindsley.