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Charles Alton Ellis (1876 – 1949) was a professor, structural engineer and mathematician who was chiefly responsible for the structural design of the Golden Gate Bridge. Because of a dispute with Joseph Strauss , he was not recognized for his work when the bridge opened in 1937.
- 1876, Parkman, Maine
- Designing the Golden Gate bridge structure
- August 22, 1949 (aged 72–73), Evanston, Illinois
- structural engineer
Born in Parkman, Maine, in 1876, Charles Ellis committed his life to scholarship. But though he received degrees in mathematics and Greek, the man who would undertake the complex design...
Aug 22, 2023 · Charles Alton Ellis, an American structural engineer, died Aug. 22, 1949, at the age of 73. Elli was born in 1876 in Parkman, Maine, in the central part of the state, and went south to attend Wesleyan University in Connecticut, my old alma mater. where he majored in math.
Educator, structural engineer, and mathematician Charles Alton Ellis was born in 1876 in Parkman, Maine. Ellis was an expert in bridge design, co-designing the Montreal Harbor Bridge and designing the structure of the Golden Gate Bridge almost single-handedly.
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An engineering professor at University of Illinois, Charles Alton Ellis had the technical expertise to analyze and formulate solutions for the complex details of the long span suspension bridge. Because of disagreements over technical issues and delays, Joseph Strauss dismissed Ellis in 1931.
Educator, structural engineer, and mathematician Charles Alton Ellis (1876-1949) was born in 1876 in Parkman, Maine. Ellis was an expert in bridge design, co-designing the Montreal Harbor Bridge and designing the structure of the Golden Gate Bridge almost single-handedly.
Aug 6, 2010 · Charles Alton Ellis was a professor of engineering at Purdue, Michigan, and Illinois. His papers on engineering from 1911-1946 still reside in the Purdue University Libraries Archives and Special Collections.
