Originally called " Wayland's Crossing ", it was renamed in 1870 in honor of Colonel Claudius Crozet, the French-born civil engineer who directed the construction of the Blue Ridge Tunnel.

Named after Claudius Crozet, the school feeds into J. T. Henley Middle School.

Under Major General Francis Henney Smith, superintendent, and Colonel Claudius Crozet, president of the Board of Visitors, the Corps was imbued with the discipline and the spirit for which it is famous.

Under the leadership of the great early civil engineer Claudius Crozet, the Blue Ridge RR built over the mountains, using four tunnels, including the Blue Ridge Tunnel at the top of the pass, then one of the longest tunnels in the world.

In the winter of 1827, Claudius Crozet, Virginia's State Engineer, surveyed the proposed route and deemed it feasible for construction.

* Claudius Crozet completes surveying a route for the first railroad to be built in Virginia, the Chesterfield Railroad.

Benoit Claudius Crozet ( December 31, 1789 – January 29, 1864 ) was an educator and civil engineer.

Claudius Crozet was born in Villefranche on December 31, 1789.

Thomas Jefferson referred to Claudius Crozet as " by far the best mathematician in the United States.

* The Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike in West Virginia was designed by Claudius Crozet

* Benoit Claudius Crozet, educator and civil engineer ( 1789-1864 ).

In 1839, with Benjamin Latrobe, John Jervis, J Edgar Thomson, Claudius Crozet, Horatio Allen, Henry Campbell, and others he helped organize the American Society of Civil Engineers in Philadelphia ; although this organization languished he helped form a new AS of CE in New York in 1852.

Rather than attempting the more formidable Swift Run Gap, under the leadership of the great early civil engineer Claudius Crozet, the state-owned Blue Ridge Railroad built over the mountains at the next gap to the south, Rockfish Gap near Afton Mountain, using four tunnels, including the 4, 263-foot ( 1, 312m ) Blue Ridge Tunnel at the top of the pass, then one of the longest tunnels in the world.

Rather than attempting the more formidable Swift Run Gap, under the leadership of the great early civil engineer Claudius Crozet, the state-owned Blue Ridge Railroad built over the mountains at the next gap to the south, Rockfish Gap near Afton Mountain, using four tunnels, including the 4, 263-foot Blue Ridge Tunnel at the top of the pass, then one of the longest tunnels in the world.

The Blue Ridge Railroad was incorporated by the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1849 with Claudius Crozet as chief engineer.

* Wayland Crossing was renamed Crozet for Claudius Crozet in 1870

" The chief engineer was Col. Claudius Crozet, a French officer of artillery under Napoleon Bonaparte in the Russian campaign, and later professor of engineering in the United States Military Academy from 1816 to 1823.

State Chief Engineer Claudius Crozet of the Virginia Board of Public Works oversaw construction of the railroad tunnel under Rockfish Gap in the 1850s as part of the state-owned Blue Ridge Railroad.

These include the Louisa Railroad, the Virginia Central Railroad, the state-owned Blue Ridge Railroad ( with famous tunnels designed by state engineer Claudius Crozet and financed by the Virginia Board of Public Works ), and the Covington and Ohio Railroad.

* Mary Mackintosh ( 1789 – 1876 ) married Claudius James Rich

* 10 BC – Claudius, Roman emperor ( d. 54 )

* 1740 – Matthias Claudius, German poet ( d. 1815 )

* Suetonius, De vita Caesarum – Claudius v. 44 and Nero vi. 5. 3, 28. 2, 34. 1 – 4

* 355 – Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II.

From Emperor Claudius ( reigned AD 41 – 54 ) onwards, Varro's calculation ( see below ) superseded other contemporary calculations.

Claudius ( Latin: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ; 1 August 10 BC – 13 October AD 54 ) was Roman Emperor from 41 to 54.

Gold coin of Claudius ( 50 – 51 ) excavated in South India, an example of Indo-Roman trade during the period.

" The Imbecillitas of the Emperor Claudius ", Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, 79 79 – 86.

" Claudius and the Senators ", American Journal of Philology, 78 ( 3 ): 279 – 286.

Claudius ' Ascent to Power ", Ancient History, 22 25 – 31.

" Some Observations on the Censorship of Claudius and Vitellius, AD 47 – 48 ", American Journal of Philology, 114 ( 4 ): 611 – 618.

" The Date of the Inscription of Claudius on the Arch of Ticinum " American Journal of Archaeology 40 ( 3 ): 314 – 322.

" Thoughts on Tacitus ' Portrayal of Claudius " American Journal of Philology 92 ( 3 ) 385 – 409.

Modern history has refuted these claims, suggesting these stories later circulated under Flavian rule as part of a propaganda campaign to diminish success under the less reputable Emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and to maximize achievements under Emperor Claudius ( 41 – 54 ) and his son Britannicus.

Jones compares the executions of Domitian to those under Emperor Claudius ( 41 – 55 ), noting that Claudius executed around 35 senators and 300 equestrians, and yet was still deified by the Senate and regarded as one of the good Emperors of history.

The last person known to have been able to read Etruscan was the Roman emperor Claudius ( 10 BC – AD 54 ), the author of a treatise in twenty volumes on the Etruscans, Tyrrenikà ( now lost ), who compiled a dictionary ( also lost ) by interviewing the last few elderly rustics who still spoke the language.

* 41 – Britannicus, Roman son of Emperor Claudius

* 55 – Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome.

* Claudius Ptolemy 83 – c. 168 AD, Roman Empire ( Roman Egypt )

* Claudius – King of Denmark, and Hamlet's uncle.

* 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate.