Eugen Karl von Knorre
Eugen Karl Knorre (born October 12 . Jul / 24. October 1848 greg. In Mykolaiv , † October 15 jul. / 28 October 1917 greg. In Moscow ) was a bridge engineer.
The son of the astronomer Karl Friedrich Knorre studied engineering in Germany and at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic in Zurich.
In 1890 he was concerned with problems of urban infrastructure. In 1891 he wrote a book with Vladimir Grigoryevich Schuchow about Moscow's water supply.
For his railway bridge of the Trans-Siberian Railway over the Yenisei in Krasnoyarsk , he received a gold medal at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900 .
In 1903 he and PI Balinsky, who had built wooden bridges over the Amu-Darya in 1888 , presented a plan for a Moscow subway .
Web links
- A chess composition by Knorre on the PDB server
- Link to the Russian Transsib (with attribution)
- Photo on the Russian Trans-Siberian side
- Entry on Кнорре Євген Карлович (Eugen Karl von Knorre) in the Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (Ukrainian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Suzanne Héral: Astronomers and other professions in the Knorre family
- ^ Family chronology by Karl Friedrich Knorre
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Knorre, Eugen Karl von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Knorre, Yevgeny; Knorre, Evgeny Karlovich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Civil engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1848 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mykolaiv |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 1917 |
| Place of death | Moscow |