The Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers started observing Terzaghi Day, held every year on Terzaghi's birthday
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Karl von Terzaghi
Karl von Terzaghi was an Austrian mechanical engineer, geotechnical engineer, and geologist known as the "father of soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering".
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science · Austrian geotechnical engineer known as the "father of soil mechanics" · inventor · university teacher · geologist · also Karl von Terzaghi, Karl Terzaghi, Terzaghi
Born 2 October 1883 · Died 25 October 1963 · Q84371
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1983· 1 entry
The Austrian Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp to mark the centenary of Terzaghi's birth
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1963· 3 entries
Died 1963-10-25.
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The American Society of Civil Engineers' Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division, along with and the friends of Terzaghi, established the Karl Terzaghi Lecture
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And his ashes were interred in South Waterford, Maine, near "Bear's Corner", the family retreat
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1960· 1 entry
The Karl Terzaghi Award to an "author of outstanding contributions to knowledge in the fields of soil mechanics, subsurface and earthwork engineering, and subsurface and earthwork construction
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1959· 1 entry
After coming into conflict with the Soviet engineers in charge of the project but continued to consult on various hydroelectric projects, especially in British Columbia
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1951· 1 entry
Awarded Honorary Doctorate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (1951).
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1950· 1 entry
Published work on the geological aspects of soft ground tunnelling including a classification system for the assessment of different soil types
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1946· 1 entry
Won Frank P. Brown Medal (1946).
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1938· 1 entry
Emigrated to the United States and took up a post at Harvard University
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1935· 1 entry
Decided to take a leave from Vienna from 1935 to 1936
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1928· 1 entry
Met the young Harvard doctoral student in geology, Ruth Dogget, and fell deeply in love
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1927· 1 entry
Aurelia Schober Plath, who would become the mother of the poet Sylvia Plath, worked as a secretary for Terzaghi
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1924· 1 entry
Published Erdbaumechanik auf Bodenphysikalischer Grundlage (The Mechanics of Earth Construction Based on Soil Physics) which would have a profound impact on the field
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1919· 1 entry
And they were quickly recognized as an important new contribution to the scientific understanding of the fundamental behavior of soils
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1912· 1 entry
Travelled to the United States and undertook an engineering tour of major dam construction sites in the West
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1900· 1 entry
Terzaghi entered the Technical University in Graz to study mechanical engineering, where he also developed an interest in theoretical mechanics
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1883· 2 entries
Born 1883-10-02.
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Was born the first child of Army Lieutenant-Colonel Anton von Terzaghi, of Italian origin, and Amalia Eberle in Prague, in what is now the Czech Republic
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