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Robert Maillart

1872 - 1940

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Robert Maillart (16 February 1872 – 5 April 1940) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Maillart is the 210th most popular engineer (down from 178th in 2019), the 374th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 300th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swiss Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Robert Maillart ranks 210 out of 389. Before him are Evgeny Paton, Franz Grashof, William Playfair, Emily Warren Roebling, Alexander Kemurdzhian, and Michele Besso. After him are Émile Levassor, Vladimir Petlyakov, Michel Chevalier, Robert Esnault-Pelterie, Semyon Lavochkin, and Charles Renard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Robert Maillart ranks 118. Before him are Déodat de Séverac, Kazimierz Bein, Franz John, Rudolf Schlechter, Albert Tyler, and Charles Gmelin. After him are Richard Röstel, Selma Rıza, Símun av Skarði, Iwan Bloch, Maude Adams, and John Arthur Jarvis. Among people deceased in 1940, Robert Maillart ranks 116. Before him are Silvestre Revueltas, Mikhail Koltsov, Karl Muck, Phan Bội Châu, Mrs Patrick Campbell, and Karimeh Abbud. After him are Albin Lermusiaux, Fanny Brate, Piero Toscani, Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler, Mikhail Koshkin, and Nikola Ivanov.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Robert Maillart ranks 374 out of 1,015. Before him are Paul Grüninger (1891), Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein (1947), Walter Hauser (1837), Christian Gross (1954), R. Norris Williams (1891), and Michele Besso (1873). After him are Joseph Benz (1944), Françoise Giroud (1916), Fritz Platten (1883), Anton Allemann (1936), Pirmin Zurbriggen (1963), and James Pradier (1790).

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Among ENGINEERS In Switzerland

Among engineers born in Switzerland, Robert Maillart ranks 3. Before him are Hans Albert Einstein (1904), and Michele Besso (1873). After him are Pierre Cérésole (1879), and Othmar Ammann (1879).

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