Gustave Eiffel was born Alexandre Gustave Bronickhausen dit Eiffel on December 15, 1832, in Dijon, Burgundy, France with his parents migrating from Germany before Gustave was born. Eiffel was a very studious student all through his upbringing, he attended college or university at École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures in which he studied chemistry. 

After he finished his education, Eiffel went to work on a railroad engineering project for his first primary paid job. He then went to work on a railway bridge in Bordeaux, France. His most notable work was the Eiffel Tour located in Paris, France which has now become one of Paris’ most prominent tourist attractions. The construction of this structure was started in 1887 and was completed in 1889 in time for the Word’s Fair which was being hosted in Paris that year. Gustave Eiffel died on December 27, 1913, while listening to some Beethoven and was buried in his family’s tomb located northwest of Paris, France.