| Authorised form of name | Rennie; Sir; John (1794 - 1874) |
| Dates | 1794 - 1874 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | 27 Stamford Street, Blackfriars Road, London, England |
| Date of birth | 30 August 1794 |
| Place of death | Bengeo, near Hertford, Hertfordshire |
| Date of death | 03 September 1874 |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Activity | Education:
Dr Charles Burney's (FRS 1802) school, Greenwich
Career:
Entered his father's business; Assistant to Resident Engineer of Waterloo Bridge, London (1813); assisted his father building Southwark Bridge (1815); after his father's death, carried on the business in partnership with his brother, George; built London Bridge from his father's designs; Engineer to the Admiralty; worked on harbour construction and drainage
Honours:
Kt 1831
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 12/06/1823 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
VP 1834-1836 |
| Relationships | Second son of John Rennie (FRS 1798); brother of George Rennie (FRS 1822) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1874-1875 vol 23 p x |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/91800388 |
| Code | NA7490 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MC/10/149 | Letter from C Slolleton [?] Rennie, 26 Euston Square, to the Royal Society | 9 September 1874 |
| EC/1823/01 | Rennie, Sir John: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/10/154 | Letter from Charles Manley, Honorary Secretary of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 25 Great George Street, Westminster, to [Joseph Dalton] Hooker, President of the Royal Society | 5 October 1874 |
| MC/10 | Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | July 1873-1876 |
| HS/14/476 | Letter, from John Rennie to Sir John Herschel, dated at London | 22 July 1834 |