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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Maillart has received more than 105,472 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Maillart is the 178th most popular engineer (down from 170th in 2019), the 299th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 278th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Robert Maillart ranks 178 out of 389. Before him are Louis Charles Breguet, Hellmuth Walter, Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Nikolay Kamov, Vasily Mishin, and Gotthilf Hagen. After him are Eugene Stoner, Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse, Hugo Eckener, Alfred Neubauer, Giuseppe Colombo, and Sergei Tumansky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Robert Maillart ranks 81. Before him are Miguel Cabanellas, Aleksandër Stavre Drenova, Heinrich Vogeler, Marian Smoluchowski, Edith Wilson, and Armen Garo. After him are Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, Juho Vennola, Dionysios Kasdaglis, George S. Robertson, Bak Jungyang, and Símun av Skarði. Among people deceased in 1940, Robert Maillart ranks 89. Before him are Albert Kahn, Arthur Rostron, Yevhen Petrushevych, Madeleine Astor, Ivane Javakhishvili, and Umberto Caligaris. After him are Walter Hasenclever, Gunnar Höckert, Ben Turpin, Wilhelm Stekel, Gyula Kellner, and Wehib Pasha.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Robert Maillart ranks 299 out of 1,015. Before him are Edmond Privat (1889), Max Abegglen (1902), Henri Colpi (1921), Paul Grüninger (1891), Maximilian Bircher-Benner (1867), and Albert Sechehaye (1870). After him are Fritz Platten (1883), Anders Arborelius (1949), Gilberto Agustoni (1922), Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein (1947), Josef Hügi (1930), and James Pradier (1790).

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Among ENGINEERS In Switzerland

Among engineers born in Switzerland, Robert Maillart ranks 2. Before him are Hans Albert Einstein (1904). After him are Michele Besso (1873), Pierre Cérésole (1879), and Othmar Ammann (1879).

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