Othmar ammann biography of william shakespeare
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Othmar Hermann Ammann (1879–1965)
Bridge builder
Othmar H. Amman was born in Feuerthalen, near Schaffhausen in Switzerland, on 26 March 1879.
After graduating from Zurich's industrial school, he studied structural engineering at ETH Zurich from 1898 to 1902, most notably under Wilhelm Ritter and Ludwig Tetmajer.
Othmar ammann biography of william shakespeare
Following his initial activities in Switzerland and Germany, he moved to the United States in 1904, eventually becoming an American citizen in 1924. Othmar H. Ammann died in Rye, New York, on 22 September 1965.
Revolutionizing bridge construction
Ammann already began examining the issue of bridging the one-kilometre-wide Hudson River between Manhattan and the residential areas of New Jersey at an early stage – initially as an employee of Gustav Lindenthal, the most prominent engineer in America at the time.
When Ammann fell out with Lindenthal, he was eventually able to realise his steel suspension bridge project as chief engineer on behalf of the Port of New Yo