Gustave Eiffel

✶December 15, 1832

†December 27, 1923

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Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was a French civil engineer. A graduate of École Centrale des Arts et Métiers, he made his name with various bridges for the French railway network, most famously the Garabit Viaduct. He is best known for the 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.

French chemical engineer and architect (1832–1923)

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Biography from the article Gustave Eiffel on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.