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Gustave Eiffel

Architects and Designers

French civil engineer (1832 to 1923) whose firm designed and built the Eiffel Tower for the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris and contributed to the internal structure of the Statue of Liberty.

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Source Getty Research Institute Union List of Artist Names: Eiffel, Gustave (French architect and engineer, 1832-1923)

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Eiffel Tower, Works
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Source Wikidata: Gustave Eiffel

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1. Wikipedia: Gustave Eiffel
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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.
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Wikidata: Gustave Eiffel
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Getty Research Institute Union List of Artist Names: Eiffel, Gustave (French architect and engineer, 1832-1923)
Getty Research Institute Union List of Artist NamesPractices: Architecture, Record heading
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Eiffel, Gustave (French architect and engineer, 1832-1923)
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