Isambard Kingdom Brunel FRS (/ˈɪzəmbɑrd bruːˈnɛl/; 9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859) was an English mechanical and civil engineer who built dockyards the Great Western Railway a series of steamships including the first propeller-driven transatlantic steamship and numerous important bridges and tunnels.
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birth date
1806-04-09
birth place
Portsmouth
child
Henry Marc Brunel, Isambard_Brunel_Junior, Florence_Mary_Brunel
death date
1859-09-15
death place
London
depiction description (caption)
Isambard Kingdom Brunel by the launching chains of the SS Great Eastern, by Robert Howlett 1857 (detail)
discipline
Structural engineer, Civil engineer
education
Lycée Henri-IV, University of Caen Lower Normandy
institution
Institution of Civil Engineers
parent
Marc Isambard Brunel, Sophia Kingdom
significant project
Clifton Suspension Bridge, Great Western Railway, SS Great Britain
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