Nathan Fellowes Dupuis

Title

Nathan Fellowes Dupuis
N.F. Dupuis

Type

Individual

Coverage

Kingston, ON

Active From

1860-01-01

Active Until

1911-01-01

Location

Kingston Observatory, Kingston, ON
Queen's University, Kingston, ON

Product Areas

Clocks

Activities

Manufacturing, Designing, Repairing

Timeline

- 1836 - Dupuis is born on a farm near Kingston, ON. ("Dupuis, Nathan Fellowes")

- 1850s - Dupuis trains as a clockmaker with William Smith of Smith Bros. Jewellers Ltd. ("Dupuis, Nathan Fellowes")

- 1863 - Dupuis enrols at Queen's University and is hired as Assistant Observator at the Kingston Observatory ("Scholar, Teacher & Craftsman")

- 1864 - Dupuis is reported in the yearly report of the Kingston Observatory as constructing a sidereal clock. ("Scholar, Teacher & Craftsman")

- 1867 - Dupuis constructs a replacement for the Observatory's meantime regulator. ("Scholar, Teacher & Craftsman")

- 1868 - Dupuis is appointed Professor of Chemistry and the Natural Sciences at Queen's University. ("Scholar, Teacher & Craftsman")

- 1880s - Dupuis is Professor of Mathematics at Queen's University.

- 1894 - Dupuis becomes Dean of the School of Mining/School of Practical Science at Queen's University ("Report on Faculty of Practical Science... 1893")

- 1905 - Dupuis completes a public clock for Grant Hall at Queen's University. ("Scholar, Teacher & Craftsman")

- 1909 - Dupuis organises the construction of a new Kingston Observatory on the Queen's Unviersity campus. ("Scholar, Teacher & Craftsman")

- 1911 - Dupuis retires from Queen's University. ("Scholar, Teacher & Craftsman")

- 1917 - Dupuis dies in California, USA. ("Dupuis, Nathan Fellowes")

Sources

Addresses Delivered on the Occasion of the Presentation of a Portrait to Prof. N.F. Dupuis, April 30, 1901. (Kingston: Jackson Press, 1901): 2

"Dupuis, Nathan Fellowes (1836-1917)" Queen's Encyclopedia. https://www.queensu.ca/encyclopedia/d/dupuis-nathan-fellowes [09-07-24]

Dupuis, N.F. “Measurement of Time” (Kingston: The Jackson Press, n.d.)

Dupuis, N.F. “Report on Faculty of Practical Science” in “Report of the Principal to the Board of Trustees for Year Ending May 1, 1893” in Principal’s Reports in Queen’s Quarterly 1892-1893 to 1898-1899. Queen’s University Archives: 71-72

Topham, W., Ziomkiewicz, B. "Nathan Fellowes Dupuis: Scholar, Teacher & Craftsman" Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society, #38 (1993): 5-10

Varkaris, Jane, Varkaris, Costas, Nathan Fellowes Dupuis: Professor and Clockmaker of Queen’s University (1980)

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Citation

“Nathan Fellowes Dupuis,” Precision Instrument Culture in Canada, accessed December 30, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/instrument-precision/items/show/849.

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