Early life

Born: 17 June 1898

Birthplace: Leeuwarden, Netherlands

- Was dignosed with Sickle cell cancer. This caused him to have many surgeries.

- Father, George Arnold Escher was a civil engineer

-Exceeded in drawing, but grades were poor.

- took carpentry and piano when he was 13 yrs old.

- Studied architecture but failed a number of classes because of skin infection caused by cancer.

In result he switched to decorative arts where he learned how to make wood cuts.

- Married Jetta Umiker and had three sons.

Definitions:

Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built.

Sickle cell disease- A genetic blood disorder.