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 | | Carl Ritter (August 7, 1779 - September 28, 1859) was, along with his fellow German Alexander von Humboldt, one of the founders of modern geography (and of the Berlin Geographical Society). |
 | | Born in Venice, he studied in Padua, where he took the examination for doctor of mathematics at the age of 18.He began his engineering career with road and hydraulic engineering in Venice.Among other things he contributed to the building of the road over Cortina d'Ampezzo to Toblach. |
 | | Construction of the Semmeringbahn was begun in 1848, and in 1851, before its completion in 1854, he became a knight (Ritter).Carl Ritter von Ghega was next assigned to the building of a railway in Transylvania, but he could not see this project to its end because of his death in Vienna from tuberculosis. |
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