Background
Terzaghi, Karl was born on October 2, 1883 in Prag, Austria. Son of Anton and Amalia (Eberle) Terzaghi.
Terzaghi, Karl was born on October 2, 1883 in Prag, Austria. Son of Anton and Amalia (Eberle) Terzaghi.
Mechanical Engineering, Technische Hochschule, Graz, Austria, 1904, Doctor of Technology, 1911. Doctor honoris causa, U. Istanbul, U. Mexico, Eidgen Polytechnic Zurich. Engineer.D. (honorary), Lehigh University.
Doctor of Science, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
East.D., Technische Universitöot, West. Berlin, Germany, 1958. England Doctorate. Norges Tekniske Hogskole, Trondheim, 1960.
Came to the United States, 1912, naturalized, 1943. Junior engineer Adolf Baron Pittel, Vienna, 1905-1906. Designing engineer, superintendent construction in Austria, Croatia, Russia, United States, 1906-1914.
Professor foundation engineering Ecole imperiale d’ Ingenieurs, Constantinople, Turkey, 1916-1918, American Robert College, Constantinople, 1918-1925.
Professor soil mechanics and foundation engineering Massachusetts Institute Technology, also consultant in North. and Central American, 1925-1929. Professor Technische Hochschule, Vienna, also consultant in Europe, Asia and Africa, 1929-1938.
Honorary president International Conference Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1957. Guest lecturer in the United States, 1936.
Consultant in the United States, since 1939.
Professor сivil engineering Harvard University, emeritus, since 1956. Visiting lecturer research consultant, University of Illinois Consultant work United States, South America, India, England, France, North & Central Africa. President International Conference Soil Mechanics
Foundation England, Rotterdam, 1948, Zurich, 1953.
Member American Society of Civil Engineers (honorary), Boston Society Civil Engineers (honorary), Institute Civil Engineers (London), American Academy Arts and Sciences, Sigma Xi.
Married Ruth Allen Doggett, June 2, 1930. Children: Eric Anthony, Margaret.