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Thornton's design for the Capitol had been submitted after the close of a competition in which 17 entries were found wanting. His plan was approved on July 25, 1793, with the award of $500 and a city lot in Washington, D.C..
Other notable designs by Thornton were the Library Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Tayloe house or Octagon House in Washington, D.C., once headquarters of the American Institute of Architects.
Thornton was also the first Superintendent of the United States Patent Office from June 1June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. Events 193 Roman Emperor Marcus Didius is assassinated in his palace. 1485 Matthias of Hungary took Vienna in his conquest of Austria (from Frede, 1802Events March 16 West Point is established. March 25/ 27 Treaty of Amiens between France and United Kingdom ends the War of the Second Coalition. March 28 H. Olbers discovers the asteroid Pallas. May 19 Napoleon Bonaparte establishes the French legion d'ho until his death in 1828.
William E. ThorntonWilliam Edgar Thornton (M. NASA Astronaut (former) Personal data Born in Faison, North Carolina, on April 14, 1929. Married to the former Elizabeth Jennifer Fowler of Hertfordshire, England. They have two sons. Education Attended primary and secondary sch is also a now retired American astronaut
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