Engineer/designer Famous Names Starting with Letter C

Was an ancient Roman Greek mathematician, astronomer, geographer, and astrologer. He lived in Roman

Was an ancient Roman Greek mathematician, astronomer, geographer, and astrologer. He lived in Roman Egypt, and was probably born there in a town in the Thebaid called Ptolemais Hermiou; he died in Alexandria around 168 AD.[1]Ptolemy was the author of several scientific treatises, three of which would be of continuing importance to later Islamic and European science. The first is the astronomical treatise now known as the Almagest (in Greek, ? ?e???? S??ta???, "The Great Treatise", originally ?a??µat??? S??ta???, "Mathematical Treatise"). The second is the Geography, which is a thorough discussion of the geographic knowledge of the Greco-Roman world. The third is the astrological treatise known as the Tetrabiblos ("Four books") in which he attempted to adapt horoscopic astrology to the Aristotelian natural philosophy of his day.

Was one of Adolf Hitler's architects. After beginning his career focusing on residential designs in

Was one of Adolf Hitler's architects. After beginning his career focusing on residential designs in the Cologne area, Klotz received a series of prestigious commissions from the National Socialist (Nazi) Party's German Labor Front (DAF). Some of the most

Was a German neoclassical architect. From 1804 to 1816 he worked as court architect in Fulda and fro

Was a German neoclassical architect. From 1804 to 1816 he worked as court architect in Fulda and from 1816 until his death as Chief Director of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, producing several significant buildings in the town of Weimar itself.

Johnson was born August 14, 1953 in Hanover, New Hampshire, the only child of Norman and Leatrice Jo

Johnson was born August 14, 1953 in Hanover, New Hampshire, the only child of Norman and Leatrice Johnson. He attended Bristol Eastern High School in Connecticut, which is where he started making Super 8 movies. In 1972, he had jobs "building monsters" for five different amusement parks,

An Australian architect. He is best known for designing the National Gallery of Australia.He was bor

An Australian architect. He is best known for designing the National Gallery of Australia.He was born in Inverell, New South Wales and studied architecture at Sydney Technical College from 1939 to 1941. He then enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy and was one of the few survivors of the sinking of the corvette HMAS Armidale off Timor in 1942.In 1951 Madigan, Maurice Edwards and Jack Torzillo formed a partnership, "Edwards Madigan Torzillo and Partners", whose work was mostly on public projects such as public housing, schools and offices. In 1968, they won the design competition for the National Gallery of Australia. Later, Madigan supervised construction of the High Court of Australia after its designer Christopher Kringas died in March 1975, just prior to the start of construction in April 1975.[1] He also submitted an unsuccessful design for the new Parliament House.

Is an architect. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1961 and has lived in Europe and North America

Is an architect. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1961 and has lived in Europe and North America. Dykers received a Bachelor degree in Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin after studies in medicine and art. Dykers has worked in Texas and

Was a Polish engineer, explorer.During World War II he remained in Warsaw and after the Warsaw Upris

Was a Polish engineer, explorer.During World War II he remained in Warsaw and after the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 he was arrested by the Germans and deported to the Neuengamme concentration camp. After the war he became a director of a large power plant cluster in Lower Silesia (in Jelenia Góra) and at the State Hydrological-Meteorological Institute. In 1950 he returned to Warsaw where he continued to promote the exploration of polar areas and published numerous books on that topic.