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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.
Dec 27, 2023 · Gustave Eiffel : a passionate engineer. An engineer by training, Eiffel founded and developed a company specializing in metal structural work, whose crowning achievement was the Eiffel Tower. He devoted the last thirty years of his life to his experimental research.
Jun 28, 2024 · Gustave Eiffel (born Dec. 15, 1832, Dijon, France—died Dec. 28, 1923, Paris) was a French civil engineer renowned for the tower in Paris that bears his name.
The Eiffel Tower ( / ˈaɪfəl / EYE-fəl; French: Tour Eiffel [tuʁ ɛfɛl] ⓘ) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889.
Nov 29, 2023 · Gustave Eiffel was a French engineer who designed and oversaw construction of his namesake, the Eiffel Tower.
May 10, 2019 · Gustave Eiffel 's name became famous when the Tower rose high up into the Paris sky. But he had already made a solid reputation for himself in the world of steel construction, both as an engineer and as a contractor. He was born in 1832 in Burgundy where his mother ran a coal trading business.
The Tower is not Gustave Eiffel’s only creation. This enthusiast and true genius was able to go beyond his own limits to bequeath to us monuments such as the dome on the Nice Observatory, the metallic structure of the Statue of Liberty, not to mention the Bordeaux railway brid...
Dec 8, 2023 · This month Paris marks the centenary of the death of Gustav Eiffel. Here are the key facts about this remarkable entrepreneur and his famous monument
Gustave Eiffel lived between 1832 and 1923, he was an architect and engineer, who not only designed the enduring symbol of France, but also bridges, houses, and churches worldwide....
6 days ago · Eiffel Tower, wrought-iron structure in Paris that is one of the most famous landmarks in the world. It is also a technological masterpiece in building-construction history. It was designed and built (1887–89) by Gustave Eiffel and named in his honor.
