Home›Civil Engineering›Era›By Century›19th centuryBrowse By19th centuryThis dimension places an engineer in the years they were actually working. Wikipedia records Nikola Tesla lived from "10 July 1856" until his death "in New York City in January 1943," a career spanning the birth of electrical power itself. Browsing by era sets an engineer alongside the peers who were working during the same period.Facts19th centurySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonMain Engineering BranchWell-attestedCivil Engineering 1Field Founding EraWell-attested1747 219th centuryFilter Results37 entriesFieldAllBridge and Structural Engineers (15)Geotechnical Engineers (1)Public Works and Infrastructure Engineers (5)Railway and Metro Engineers (5)Surveying and Measurement Pioneers (2)Water Supply, Canal and Harbour Engineers (7)In FieldAllArchitectural Engineering (1)Civil Engineering (35)Mechanical Engineering (1)NationalityAllAustria (1)Belgium (1)Czechia (1)France (2)Germany (2)India (1)Israel (1)Italy (1)Japan (2)Kingdom of Prussia (1)Netherlands (1)Poland (2)Romania (1)Russian Empire (1)Scotland (1)Switzerland (2)United Kingdom (11)United States (8)Associated WithAllDrip irrigation (1)Suspension Bridge (3)Truss Bridge (1)Tunnel Boring Machine (1)Vacuum Cleaner (1)Viaduct (1)Wind Tunnel (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 37Alexander Hrennikoff19th centuryAlexander Thom19th centuryBenjamin Baker19th centuryBuckminster Fuller19th centuryCornelis Lely19th centuryDorothy Donaldson Buchanan19th centuryElie Radu19th centuryEmily Warren Roebling19th centuryErnest Malinowski19th centuryEugene Freyssinet19th centuryFrancis Joseph Pigott19th centuryFuruichi Koi19th centuryGeorge Washington Gale Ferris Jr.19th centuryGeorge Washington Goethals19th centuryGustave Eiffel19th centuryHenri Maus19th centuryHubert Cecil Booth19th centuryIgnazio Porro19th centuryIsambard Kingdom Brunel19th centuryJames Buchanan Eads19th centuryJan Vladimír Hráský19th centuryJohn A. Roebling19th centuryJohn Shae Perring19th centuryJoseph Bazalgette19th centuryJoseph Strauss19th centuryKarl Etzel19th centuryKarl von Terzaghi19th centuryMokshagundam Visvesvaraya19th centuryNora Stanton Blatch Barney19th centuryOthmar Ammann19th centuryOve Arup19th centuryRichard Courant19th centuryRobert Maillart19th centuryRobert Stephenson19th centurySimcha Blass19th centuryWilliam Heerlein Lindley19th centuryYamao Yozo19th centurySources1. Wikipedia: Engineeringtier 2WikipediaIntroduction, traditional disciplinesQuote, Introduction, traditional disciplinesThe traditional disciplines of engineering are civil, mechanical, electrical, and chemical.View the Source2. Wikipedia: Civil engineeringtier 2WikipediaHistory, As a profession, 1747 first institutionQuote, History, As a profession, 1747 first institutionIn 1747, the first institution for the teaching of civil engineering, the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, was established in FranceView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.