Gustave Eiffel Biography

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NAME: Gustave Eiffel
OCCUPATION: Engineer
BIRTH DATE: December 15, 1832
DEATH DATE: December 27, 1923
EDUCATION: College of Art and Manufacturing
PLACE OF BIRTH: Dijon, France
PLACE OF DEATH: Paris, France
Full Name: Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel
AKA: Gustave Eiffel

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Gustave Eiffel was a French engineer who designed and oversaw construction of the Eiffel Tower in 1889.

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The tower also directed Eiffel's interest to the field of aerodynamics, and he used the structure for several experiments and built the first aerodynamic laboratory at its base (later moving the lab to the outskirts of Paris). The lab included the first wind tunnel ever built, and his work there influenced some of the first aviators, including the Wright brothers. He went on to write several books on aerodynamics,

most notably Resistance of the Air and Aviation.

Eiffel turned his interest to meteorology in his final years, studying the subject at length before dying on December 27, 1923.

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