Rudolf Modrzejewski

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Rudolf Modrzejewski, better known as Ralph Modjeski, was a prominent Polish-American civil engineer renowned for designing many major early 20th-century suspension and cantilever bridges in the United States.

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Rudolf Modrzejewski canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish-American person ⓘ
civil engineer ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ralph Modjeski ⓘ
birthName Rudolf Modrzejewski ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Poland ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt Paris, France (engineering studies) ⓘ
linked to: ParisTech

École des Ponts et Chaussées ⓘ
employer Modjeski and Masters ⓘ
ethnicGroup Poles ⓘ
familyName Modrzejewski ⓘ
fieldOfWork bridge engineering ⓘ
civil engineering ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Rudolf ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
mother Helena Modjeska ⓘ
Helena Modrzejewska ⓘ
motherOccupation actress ⓘ
notableAchievement pioneering long-span bridge design in the early 20th century United States ⓘ
notableFor design of major cantilever bridges in the United States ⓘ
design of major suspension bridges in the United States ⓘ
notableWork Benjamin Franklin Bridge ⓘ
Harahan Bridge ⓘ
Huey P. Long Bridge (New Orleans) ⓘ
McKinley Bridge ⓘ
Metropolis Bridge ⓘ
Quebec Bridge (consulting engineer) ⓘ
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge (engineering contribution) ⓘ
Tacony–Palmyra Bridge ⓘ
Thebes Bridge ⓘ
Transbay Bridge work in California ⓘ
occupation bridge designer ⓘ
civil engineer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Austrian Empire ⓘ
Kraków ⓘ
placeOfDeath California ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
positionHeld founder of Modjeski and Masters ⓘ
workLocation Chicago ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ

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Ralph Modjeski → birthName → Rudolf Modrzejewski ⓘ
Ralph Modjeski → birthName → Rudolf Modrzejewski ⓘ
subject linked to: Modjeski
Ralph Modjeski → nativeLanguageName → Rudolf Modrzejewski ⓘ
subject linked to: Modjeski
Rudolf Modrzejewski → birthName → Rudolf Modrzejewski ⓘ