Gustave Eiffel
Image Source : WIKIPEDIA Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was a French civil engineer and an architect. He was a specialist of metallic structures. He was famous for conceiving the Eiffel Tower built between 1887 and 1889 and his contribution to building the Statue of Liberty in New York. Gustave Eiffel was born in the Burgundy, France, in the city of Dijon, on December 15, 1832. Gustave was the first child of the couple Catherine Melanie with Alexandre Bonickhausen. His ancestors came from Germany and migrated to Paris in the early 18th century. His father is a former soldier working as an administrator in the French Army. But shortly after his birth, his mother expanded a charcoal business and soon afterwards his father gave up his job to assist her. Gustave attends Lycee Royal in Dijon City. He was interested in history and literature. In addition to formal education at school, Gustave learned a lot from his uncle Jean-Baptiste Mollerat with his colleague a chemist Michel Perret.