Rudolph Hering
Encyclopedia
Rudolph Hering was a founder of modern environmental technology
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He came to Dresden
at age 13 to attend school there and studied civil engineering at the Technische Universität Dresden
as a member of the German Student Corps
Altsachsen.
He was involved in the reversing of the Chicago river; his name features prominently in stories about the river reversal project. There is a medal named after him. He is buried at West Laurel Hill Cemetery
, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
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Environmental technology
Environmental technology or green technology or clean technology is the application of one or more of environmental science, green chemistry, environmental monitoring and electronic devices to monitor, model and conserve the natural environment and resources, and to curb the negative impacts of...
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He came to Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
at age 13 to attend school there and studied civil engineering at the Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden University of Technology
The Technische Universität Dresden is the largest institute of higher education in the city of Dresden, the largest university in Saxony and one of the 10 largest universities in Germany with 36,066 students...
as a member of the German Student Corps
German Student Corps
Corps are the oldest still-existing kind of Studentenverbindung, Germany's traditional university corporations; their roots date back to the 15th century. The oldest corps still existing today was founded in 1789...
Altsachsen.
He was involved in the reversing of the Chicago river; his name features prominently in stories about the river reversal project. There is a medal named after him. He is buried at West Laurel Hill Cemetery
West Laurel Hill Cemetery
West Laurel Hill Cemetery is a cemetery located in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the site of many notable burials, and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1992...
, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
Bala Cynwyd is a community in Lower Merion Township which is located on the Main Line in southeastern Pennsylvania, bordering the western edge of Philadelphia at US Route 1 . It was originally two separate towns, Bala and Cynwyd, but is commonly treated as a single community...
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