Paul Séjourné
1851–1939 (age 88)
Biography
Paul Séjourné combined a rigorous engineering education with a poetic sensibility toward stone, pioneering new methods for designing large masonry arches that linked rural valleys and rapidly growing urban centers.
Through teaching, publication, and practice he guided generations of engineers in understanding forces and geometry, and when he died in 1939 his remains found a final place of honor at Montmartre Cemetery, bearing witness to the bridges he taught others to trust.