Swiss civil engineer (born 1872)

Robert Maillart

Robert Maillart was a Swiss civil engineer who revolutionized the use of structural reinforced concrete with such designs as the three-hinged arch and the deck-stiffened arch for bridges, and the beamless floor slab and mushroom ceiling for industrial buildings. His Salginatobel (1929–1930) and Schwandbach (1933) bridges changed the aesthetics and engineering of bridge construction dramatically and influenced decades of architects and engineers after him. In 1991 the Salginatobel Bridge was declared an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Born

1872

February 6

Died

1940

Era

1870s

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1872 Born
1940 Died

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337 Election of pope Julius I.
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1579 The Diocese of Manila is erected by papal bull, with Domingo de Salazar appointed its first bishop.
1685 James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of his brother Charles II.

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The world in 1940

When Robert departed

april 14 World War II: Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway, preceding a larger force which will arrive two days later.
april 23 The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
april 7 Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
april 8 The Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party elects Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal as General Secretary, marking the beginning of his 44-year-long tenure as de facto leader of Mongolia.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on February 6

Antoine Wright 1984– American basketball player Babe Ruth 1895–1948 American baseball player and coach (born 1895) Cam Cameron 1961– American football player and coach Geo Bogza 1908– Romanian poet and journalist (died 1993) Lothar-Günther Buchheim 1918– German author and painter (died 2007) Mary Leakey 1913–1996 English archaeologist and anthropologist (born 1913)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1872

Bertrand Russell 1872–1970 English mathematician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1872) Alexander Scriabin 1872–1915 Russian pianist and composer (born 1872) Anna Held 1872– Polish singer (died 1918) Gotse Delchev 1872–1903 Bulgarian and Macedonian revolutionary activist (died 1903) Marcel Mauss 1872–1950 French sociologist and anthropologist (born 1872) Paul Langevin 1872–1946 French physicist and academic (born 1872) Sidónio Pais 1872– Portuguese soldier and politician, 4th President of Portugal (died 1918) Trevor Kincaid 1872– Canadian-American zoologist and academic (died 1970) V. O. Chidambaram Pillai 1872–1936 Indian lawyer and politician (born 1872)

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