International education and travel related links, photos, quotes and pieces of interest.
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People Who Studied Abroad #458:
William LeBaron Jenney, architect (best known as the “father of skyscrapers” after designing the first skyscraper in 1884)
From:
United States
Studied:
He graduated from the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures in Paris, France in 1856. At that school, he was a classmate of Gustave Eiffel, designer of the Eiffel Tower.
[thanks to James!]