Edoardo Benvenuto
Edoardo Benvenuto (born December 11, 1940 in Genoa ; † November 27, 1998 ibid) was an Italian civil engineer and historian of civil engineering.
Benvenuto attended a humanistic grammar school and first wanted to become a pianist (studying at the Paganini Conservatory, which he also successfully completed), but then switched to studying civil engineering in Genoa, graduating in 1965. He worked in Genoa in urban planning until 1974 (Istituto Ligure Ricerche Economiche e Sociali, ILRES). At the same time, he taught at the University of Genoa from 1969, gave lectures on bridge construction and completed his habilitation in 1970 in building dynamics. In 1975 he received the chair for structural mechanics at the newly founded Faculty of Architecture, of which he was dean from 1979 to 1997.
He is considered to be one of the founders of the history of structural structures with a monograph first published in 1981, which, after further research, was followed by a two-volume monograph in 1991. Other pioneers in this field in Italy were Antonino Giuffrè and Salvatore Di Pasquale .
With Patricia Radelet-de Grave in Belgium he initiated a number of international conferences (Between Mechanics and Architecture, with corresponding conference proceedings ). After his death this was continued by the Associazione Edoardo Benvenuto under the direction of Jacques Heyman .
Fonts
- La Scienza delle Costruzioni e il suo sviluppo storico, Florence 1981, reprint Rome 2006
- An introduction to the history of structural mechanics, 2 volumes, Springer 1991
literature
- Karl-Eugen Kurrer : The History of the Theory of Structures. Searching for Equilibrium , Ernst & Sohn 2018, p. 6f and p. 969f (biography), ISBN 978-3-433-03229-9
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Benvenuto, Edoardo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian civil engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Genoa |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 27, 1998 |
| Place of death | Genoa |