Eiffel, Gustave, 1832-1923
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Gustave Eiffel was a French structural engineer, architect, entrepreneur and specialist of metallic structures. He is acclaimed for designing the world-famous Eiffel Tower, built 1887-1889 for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, France. Notable among his other works is the armature for the Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor, United States. Eiffel graduted from the École Centrale Paris (Central School of Arts and Manufactures) in 1855. Paul Buquet was the director of the school from 1895 to 1910.
From the description of Letter to Paul Buquet, 1902, June. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 711352178
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | [Tour Eiffel] [model]. | Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA | |
| creatorOf | Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste, 1834-1904. [Statue of Liberty] [model]. | Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA | |
| creatorOf | Der Eiffel-Thurm [toy] = Eiffel Tower game = Tour Eiffel jeu. | Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA | |
| creatorOf | Eiffel, Gustave, 1832-1923. [Eiffel Tower] [model]. | Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA | |
| creatorOf | Eiffel, Gustave, 1832-1923. [Tour Eiffel] [model]. | Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA | |
| creatorOf | Eiffel, Gustave, 1832-1923. ALS : Levallois-Perret, to J.B. Bailliere & Fils, Paris, 1889 Feb. | Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square | |
| creatorOf | Eiffel, Gustave, 1832-1923. Letter to Paul Buquet, 1902, June. | Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens | |
| creatorOf | Eiffel, Gustave, 1832-1923. Letters. | Smithsonian Institution. Libraries | |
| creatorOf | Eiffel, Gustave, 1832-1923. Serres [model]. | Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA | |
| creatorOf | Eiffel, Gustave, 1832-1923. Souvenir de Paris [model]. | Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA |
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| correspondedWith | Bunau-Varilla, Philippe, 1859-1940. |
| associatedWith | Buquet, Paul, |
| associatedWith | Burndy Library, |
| associatedWith | Dibner, Bern, |
| correspondedWith | Draper, John C. (John Christopher), 1835-1885 |
| correspondedWith | Draper, John William, 1811-1882. |
| associatedWith | Ecole centrale des arts et manufactures (France) |
| associatedWith | Exposition universelle internationale de 1900 (Paris, France) |
| associatedWith | Gustave Eiffel, |
| associatedWith | Hunsaker, Jerome C. (Jerome Clarke), 1886-1984 |
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Birth 1832-12-15
Death 1923-12-27
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