Randolph Family of Virginia: Thomas Jefferson, Peyton Randolph, William Overton Callis, William Randolph, John Randolph of Roanoke

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 45. Chapters: Alfred Belpaire, Alphonse Sagebien, Anatole Mallet, Andre Chapelon, Andre Michelin, Armand Peugeot, Benoit Potier, Boris Vian, Bruno Hussar, Celestin Laine, Charles Beigbeder, Charles Maurice Donnay, Dominique Berninger, Driss Ben-Brahim, Edmond Coignet, Edouard Michelin, Edouard Michelin (born 1963), Edouard Vaillant, Emile Levassor, Francis Bouygues, Francois, Vicomte de Curel, Georges Leclanche, Gustave Denis, Gustave Eiffel, Guy Lebegue, Henri de Dion, Henri Gouraud (computer scientist), Henri Mares, Herve Biausser, Jean-Louis Le Moigne, Jean Dionis du Sejour, Jean Fourastie, Jean M. Muller, Jules Petiet, Louis Bleriot, Mehdi Bazargan, Michel Alcan, Paul-Louis Weiller, Pierre-Georges Latecoere, Pierre Failliot, Raphael Salem, Rene Diehl, Rene Lorin, Rene Panhard, Rodnay Zaks, Sam Hocevar, Schlumberger brothers, Solomon Lefschetz, Soulaymane Kachani, Vedat Tek, William Le Baron Jenney. Excerpt: Alexandre Gustave Eiffel ( French pronunciation: ) (15 December 1832 27 December 1923) was a French civil engineer and architect. A graduate of the Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, he made his name with various bridges for the French railway network, most famously the Garabit viaduct. He is best known for the world-famous Eiffel Tower, built for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, France. After his retirement from engineering, Eiffel concentrated his energies on research into meteorology and aerodynamics, making important contributions in both fields. Gustave Eiffel was born in Dijon, in the Cote-d'Or department of France, the first child of Alexandre and Catherine Eiffel. The family was descended from Jean-Rene Bonickhausen, who emigrated from Marmagen and settled in Paris at the beginning of the eighteenth century. The family adopted the name Eiffel as a reference to the Eifel mountains in the region from which it had come. Although the family always used the name Eiffel, Gustave's name was registered at birth as Bonickhausen, and was not formally changed to Eiffel until 1880. At the time of Gustave's birth his father, an ex-soldier, was working as an administrator for the French Army but shortly after his birth his mother expanded a charcoal business she had inherited from her parents to include a coal-distribution business and soon afterwards his father gave up his job to assist her. Due to his mother's business commitments, Gustave spent his childhood living with his grandmother, but nevertheless remained close to his mother, who was to remain an influential figure until her death in 1878. The business was successful enough for Catherine Eiffel to sell the business in 1843 and retire on the proceeds. Eiffel was not a studious child, and thought his classes at the Lycee Royal in Dijon boring and a waste of time, although in his last two years, influenced by his teachers for history and literature, he began to study seriously, so that he managed to