Rudolph Hering (February 26, 1847 – May 30, 1923) was a founder of modern

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Biography

Rudolph Hering was born in

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on February 26, 1847. He came to

Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...

at age 13 to attend school there and studied civil engineering at the

Technische Universität Dresden TU Dresden (for , abbreviated as TUD), also as the Dresden University of Technology, is a public research university in Dresden, Germany. It is the largest institute of higher education in the city of Dresden, the largest university in Saxony a ...

as a member of the

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'' Altsachsen''. Hering was involved in the reversing of the Chicago river; his name features prominently in stories about the river reversal project. There is a medal named after him, sculpted by American-Serbian artist

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, and awarded each year by the

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to engineers who excel in sanitation engineering. He died at his home in

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on May 30, 1923. He is buried at

West Laurel Hill Cemetery West Laurel Hill Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1869, is in size, and contains the burials of many notable people. It is affiliated with Laurel Hill Cemetery in nearby Philadelphia. ...

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External links

Rudolph Hering Society of Chicago Biography-West Laurel Hill Cemetery web site
1847 births 1923 deaths American environmentalists Burials at West Laurel Hill Cemetery TU Dresden alumni People from Chicago {{US-engineer-stub