| YEAR |
LIFE OF YOUSSEF
AFTIMUS |
DOCUMENTS |
HISTORY |
| 1866 |
Birth in Deir
el Kamar on November 25 |
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| 1875 |
Studies at Collège
des Frères |
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| 1876 |
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Abdelhalim II
(1842-1918) becomes Sultan from 1876 to 1909 |
| 1879 |
Studies at Syrian
Protestant College |
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| 1885 |
New York (Union
College) engineering studies |
Union College
book |
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| 1891 |
Class '91 (Union
College) |
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| 1892 |
Works on Hudson
Canal and Pennsylvania Railways. |
letter 1 |
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| 1893 |
Chicago: works
on the construction of pavillons for the World's Columbian Exposition.
Persian Palace, Turkish Village, Cairo Street |
letter 1, watercolor
Thure de Thulstrup. Brown, Julie K. Contesting Image: Photography and
the World's Columbian Exposition, University of Arizona Press, 1994 |
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| 1896 |
Antwerp |
letter 1 |
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| 1897 |
Berlin: architecture
studies. Beirut: Grand Sérail Clock construction begins. |
letter 1 |
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| 1898 |
Beirut: engineer
of the Municipality until 1903 |
letter 1 |
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| 1899 |
marries Rose
Bechara, daughter of Bechara al Muhandes, engineer at the Municipality |
letter 1 |
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| 1900 |
Hamidiyyeh Fountain,
dedicated by Beirut Municipality to Sultan Abdelhamid II |
Lisan el Hal
8/28/1900. The fountain, originally on Riad el-Solh/as-Sour sq. is presently
in the Sanayeh Garden. |
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| 1903 |
irrigation projects
in Upper-Egypt for the Egyptian Govt |
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| 1910 |
Iran: works in
the North of the country |
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| 1911 |
Beirut consultant
office in partnership with Emile Kacho (engineer at the Municipality) |
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| 1914 |
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WWI begins |
| 1916 |
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famine in Lebanon |
| 1918 |
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End of Ottoman
occupation |
| 1920 |
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Grand-Lebanon
proclamation under the French Mandate |
| 1923 |
wins the Municipality
building competition |
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| 1924 |
Nabatiyeh: drinking
water supplying. Beirut N.Barakat building (bf 1237) |
Al kulliyah
1/11/1925 |
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| 1925 |
buildings in
the Hotel-Dieu de France hospital |
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| 1926 |
Minister of Public
Works under the Charles Debbas presidency |
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| 1927 |
resigns from
Government / Construction of Aftimus House (Kantari) |
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| 1929 |
Conference on
Arab Architecture arabe. Death of his son Fouad Aftimus. Construction of Issa
blg (Hopital Trad), housing US consulate. |
Al kulliyah
1929 |
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| 1930 |
American Consulate
flag pole |
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| 1931 |
AUB Alumni Club
president (until 1938). Construction of Hashimi school in Damascus begins. |
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| 1932 |
Zouheir blg (Haïgazian
College) |
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| 1933 |
Beirut Municipality
building. Sage Hall (BUC) |
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| 1935 |
Unbuilt project
for a Greek Catholic Cathedral. |
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| 1939 |
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WWII begins |
| 1942 |
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Independance
of Lebanon (November 22) |
| 1948 |
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Interview in
Telegraph newspaper, Octobrer 25. |
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| 1952 |
Dies on September
10 |
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