Robert Maillart

Swiss civil engineer, designer of the salginatobel bridge (1872-1940).

Born February 6th, 1872 in Bern. [ref]

Died April 5th, 1940 at 68 years old in Geneva. [ref]

Occupations
architect, civil engineer
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner