Emílio Henrique Baumgart

Emílio Henrique Baumgart or Emil Heinrich Baumgart (in German) was a Brazilian engineer.

Background

Baumgart was born on May 25, 1889 in the city of Blumenau, in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Emílio Henrique Baumgart's father was the German immigrant Gustav Baumgart and his mother was Mathilde Odebrecht, daughter of the German immigrant and engineer Emil Odebrecht. A typical German-Brazilian of his days, Emílio Henrique Baumgart was bilingual, speaking both German and Portuguese fluently.

Education

Emílio Henrique Baumgart started his studies in his home state but also studied in the city of São Leopoldo, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Later he was accepted and attended the Escola Politécnica do Rio de Janeiro (today's Escola de Engenharia da UFRJ).

Career

While attending the Escola Politécnica, Baumgart worked as an intern with the Firma L. Riedlinger (an engineering firm located in Rio de Janeiro). Lambert Riedlinger brought the reinforced concrete building technique from Germany at the time. As a result, Emílio Henrique Baumgart became well known for his innovative projects throughout the land and abroad.

Personal

Baumgart married Stela Maria in 1915 with whom he had a son and a daughter (his son dies at the young age of 24). He died unexpectedly on his way to work on the ninth of October 1943.

External links

• Odebrecht + Baumgart. Site in Portuguese. Accessed on October 26, 2005.