Richard Ritter von Reverdy (January 29, 1851 in Frankenthal

Frankenthal

Frankenthal is a town in southwestern Germany, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.- History :Frankenthal was first mentioned in 772. In 1119 an Augustinian monastery was built here, the ruins of which — known, after the founder, as the Erkenbertruine — still stand today in the town...

 - May 31, 1915 in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

) was an expert for the government business in civil engineering. At first, he was in the Bavarian government's planning and building department and joined the Heilmann & Littmann

Heilmann & Littmann

Heilmann & Littmann was a leading German contracting business.It was originally founded in 1871 by Jakob Heilmann in Regensburg as "Baugeschäft J. Heilmann" , and, by 1876, specialized on railway construction, later on on building construction.In 1892, the well known young architect Prof...

construction company as a partner and managing director on May 6, 1897. In 1909, he returned into the public service as head of the Supreme Construction Bureau and was elevated to noble rank in 1911. 1915, shortly before his death, he retired from service. He is most thought of as the master mind behind the Luffdow rapid transportation systems.