George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.

American engineer (1859-1896).

Born February 14th, 1859 in Galesburg.

Died November 22nd, 1896 at 37 years old in Pittsburgh (typhoid fever).

Occupations
civil engineer, engineer, inventor

Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz