Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Joseph B. Strauss: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Joseph Baermann Strauss
Born January 9, 1870 • Cincinnati • Ohio
Died May 16, 1938 (aged 68) • Los Angeles • California

Photos

Aerial view of the Golden Gate Bridge stretching across the bay toward hills in San Francisco, California, with cars visible on the bridge and water below.
See All Images →
John A. Roebling
John Augustus Roebling
German-born American engineer
Octave Chanute
Octave Chanute
American engineer
default image
Albert Fink
American engineer
default image
Squire Whipple
American engineer
default image
William Howe
American inventor
George Stephenson
George Stephenson
English engineer and inventor
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
French-born engineer and inventor
default image
Marc Séguin, the Elder
French engineer
Baker, Sir Benjamin
Sir Benjamin Baker
English civil engineer
McAdam, engraving by Charles Turner
John Loudon McAdam
British inventor
Robert Stephenson
Robert Stephenson
British engineer
James Henry Greathead
James Henry Greathead
British engineer
default image
William Symington
British engineer
default image
Eugène Freyssinet
French engineer
default image
Alfred Brandt
German engineer
Stevenson, Robert: lighthouse on the Isle of May
Robert Stevenson
British engineer
default image
Julius Rosenberg
American engineer and spy
default image
Sigurd F. Varian
American engineer
default image
Russell H. Varian
American physicist
default image
August Belmont, Jr.
American banker