Back Gustave Eiffel Afrikaans Gustave Eiffel AN غوستاف إيفل Arabic جوستاف ايفيل ARZ Alexandre Gustave Eiffel AST Qüstav Eyfel Azerbaijani Gustave Eiffel BCL Аляксандр Гюстаў Эйфель Byelorussian Аляксандар Эйфэль BE-X-OLD Густав Айфел Bulgarian
Gustave Eiffel | |
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 Eiffel in 1888, photographed by Félix Nadar | |
| Born | 15 December 1832 |
| Died | 27 December 1923 (aged 91) Paris, France |
| Alma mater | École Centrale Paris |
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| Spouse | Marie Gaudelet (1845–1877) (m. 1862) |
| Children | 5 |
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Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (/ˈaɪfəl/ EYE-fəl, French: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ ɡystav ɛfɛl]; né Bonickhausen dit Eiffel;[5] 15 December 1832 – 27 December 1923) was a French civil engineer. A graduate of École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, he made his name with various bridges for the French railway network, most famously the Garabit Viaduct. He is best known for the world-famous Eiffel Tower, designed by his company and built for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, and his contribution to building the Statue of Liberty in New York. After his retirement from engineering, Eiffel focused on research into meteorology and aerodynamics, making significant contributions in both fields.
- ^ État-civil de la Côte-d'Or, Dijon, Registres d'état civil 1832, p. 249
- ^ Harvie 2006 p. 1
- ^ Charles Braibant, Histoire de la Tour Eiffel, Paris 1964, p. 35
- ^ Harvie 2006 p. 124
- ^ Gobillot, Emmanuel (15 September 2016). Follow the Leader. Kogan Page Publishers. ISBN 9780749469061. Retrieved 23 September 2016.