Swiss engineer, general and politician.
Biographical Information
| Name: | Guillaume-Henri Dufour |
|---|---|
| Born in | 1787 in Konstanz, Konstanz (Kreis), Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe |
| Deceased in | 1875 in Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Europe |
| 1807 | Graduate of the Ecole polytechnique in Paris |
| 1810 - 1815 | Officer in Napoleon's army. |
| 1833 - 1864 | Draws the first map of Switzerland. |
| 1847 - 1848 | Chief commander of the Swiss army in the Sonderbund War |
| 1864 | Participates in the founding of the Red Cross. |
Structures and Projects
Participation in the following structures & large-scale projects:
designer
Relevant Publications
- (1997): L'art de l'ingénieur. constructeur, entrepeneur, inventeur. Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), pp. 154.
- Fünf Schweizer Brückenbauer. Verein für Wirtschaftshistorische Studien, Zurich (Switzerland), 1985, pp. 155.
- (1982): Le premier pont suspendu permanent en câbles de fer. un ouvrage de Guillaume-Henri Dufour: le pont Saint-Antoine à Genève, 1823. In: Ingénieurs et architectes suisses, v. 108, n. 5 (4 March 1982).
- (1987): Transitions in Engineering. Guillaume Henri Dufour and the Early 19th Century Cable Suspension Bridges. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel (Switzerland), ISBN 9783034899871, pp. 244.
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1000221 - Published on:
16/06/1999 - Last updated on:
22/07/2014
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