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Charles Ezra Greene (1842-1903) was an American civil engineer, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

He graduated at Harvard in 1862 and at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1863, served as quartermaster during the last two years of the Civil War, and was United States assistant engineer from 1870 to 1872, when, for part of a year, he was city engineer of Bangor, Maine.

In the same year he became connected with the engineering department of the University of Michigan, later being appointed dean, a position he held until his death.

He was an associate editor of the Engineering News from 1876 - 1877. his publications include:

Graphical Method for the Analysis of Bridge Trusses (1876)
Trusses and Arches: Graphics for Engineers, Architects, and Builders (three volumes, 1876-79; third edition, 1903)
Notes on Rankine's Civil Engineering (1891)
Structural Mechanics (1897; second edition, 1905)

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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	'''Charles Ezra Greene''' (1842-1903) was an [[United States\|American]] civil engineer, born in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]].		'''Charles Ezra Greene''' (1842-1903) was an [[United States\|American]] [[civil engineer]], born in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]].

	He graduated at [[Harvard University\|Harvard]] in [[1862]] and at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in [[1863]], served as quartermaster during the last two years of the [[American Civil War\|Civil War]], and was United States assistant engineer from [[1870]] to [[1872]], when, for part of a year, he was city engineer of [[Bangor, Maine]].		He graduated at [[Harvard University\|Harvard]] in [[1862]] and at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in [[1863]], served as quartermaster during the last two years of the [[American Civil War\|Civil War]], and was United States assistant engineer from [[1870]] to [[1872]], when, for part of a year, he was city engineer of [[Bangor, Maine]].