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- Benjamin Franklin

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Gustave Eiffel

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (December 15, 1832 – December 27, 1923 was a French structural engineer and architect and a specialist of metallic structures. He is famous for designing the Eiffel Tower, built 1887–1889 for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, France, the Basilica Minore de San Sebastian, the only all-steel basilica in Asia, found in the Philippines, and the armature for the Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor, U.S..

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