Maurice Koechlin
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Maurice Koechlin was a Swiss-French structural engineer best known as the chief designer behind the iron framework of the Eiffel Tower.
Aliases (1)
- Koechlin ×1
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
French person
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Swiss person → human → structural engineer → |
| centuryOfActivity |
19th century
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20th century → |
| citizenship |
France
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Switzerland → |
| collaboratedWith |
Gustave Eiffel
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Émile Nouguier → |
| countryOfBirth |
France
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| countryOfDeath |
Switzerland
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| dateOfBirth |
1856-03-08
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| dateOfDeath |
1946-01-14
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| designed |
structural concept for the Eiffel Tower
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| educatedAt |
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Zurich
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| employer |
Compagnie des Établissements Eiffel
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Gustave Eiffel’s engineering company → |
| ethnicGroup |
Alsatian
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| familyName |
Koechlin
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| fieldOfWork |
civil engineering
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structural engineering → |
| gender |
male
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| givenName |
Maurice
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| knownFor |
chief designer of the iron framework of the Eiffel Tower
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contributions to the structural design of the Statue of Liberty’s framework → design work on the Eiffel Tower → |
| languageSpoken |
French
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German → |
| name |
Maurice Koechlin
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| nationality |
French
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Swiss → |
| notableWork |
Eiffel Tower
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Statue of Liberty internal structure (as part of Eiffel’s firm) → |
| occupation |
engineer
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structural engineer → |
| placeOfBirth |
Alsace
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Buhl, Haut-Rhin → |
| placeOfDeath |
Veytaux
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| residence |
Paris
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Veytaux → |
Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Stephen Sauvestre
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Émile Nouguier → |
collaboratedWith |
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Eiffel et Cie
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associatedPerson |
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Eiffel Tower
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engineer |
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Maurice Koechlin
("Koechlin")
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familyName |
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Maurice Koechlin
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name |