Anghel Saligny
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Anghel Saligny (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈaŋɡel saˈliɲi]; 19 April 1854, Șerbănești, Moldavia – 17 June 1925, Bucharest, Romania) was a Romanian engineer, most famous for designing the Fetești-Cernavodă railway bridge (1895) over the Danube, the longest bridge in Europe at that time. He also designed the storage facilities in Constanța seaport, one of the earliest examples of reinforced concrete architecture in Europe.
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Born | (1854-04-19)April 19, 1854 |
Died | June 17, 1925(1925-06-17) (aged 71) |
Citizenship | Moldavia Kingdom of Romania |
Occupation(s) | engineer, professor President of the Romanian Academy (1907-1910) |
Board member of | Romanian Academy |
Spouse | Tereza Kohna (Sept. 1876) |
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Relatives | brother - Alfons Oscar Saligny, chemist, corresponding member of the Romanian Academy |
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