Isambard Kingdom Brunel (/ˈɪzəmbɑːrd ˈkɪŋdəm bruːˈnɛl/ IZZ-əm-bard KING-dəm broo-NELL; 9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859) was an English civil engineer...
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constructed the Thames Tunnel and was the father of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Born in France, Brunel fled to the United States during the French Revolution...
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Henry Marc Brunel (27 June 1842 – 7 October 1903) was an English civil engineer and the son of engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel and grandson of civil engineer...
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern is a photograph taken by Robert Howlett in November 1857. It shows Brunel...
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England Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859), English mechanical and civil engineer Isambard Brunel Junior (1837–1902), son of Isambard Kingdom Brunel Isambard...
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Brunel University of London (BUL) is a public research university located in the Uxbridge area of London, England. It is named after Isambard Kingdom...
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Sophia Kingdom (15 February 1775 – 5 January 1855), later known as Lady Brunel, was the mother of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Her father was William Kingdom, a...
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A bronze statue of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, also known as Brunel Monument or the Isambard Brunel Monument, by Carlo Marochetti, stands on the Victoria...
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comprises the Engine House and the Tunnel Shaft, with rooftop garden. Isambard Kingdom Brunel worked with his father on the project from 1823 and was appointed...
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Brunel Bridge could be an informal or local reference to any one of several famous bridges in England built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, including: The...
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Thames Tunnel (category Works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel)
between 1825 and 1843 by Marc Brunel, and his son, Isambard, using the tunnelling shield newly invented by the elder Brunel and Thomas Cochrane. The tunnel...
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Marc Isambard Brunel (1769–1849), French-born engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859), British engineer, son of Marc Isambard Brunel Sir Isambard Owen...
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gardens were designed by William Burn to be the retirement home of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. He discovered the area while surveying for the Great Western Railway...
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Bishop's Bridge (category Bridges by Isambard Kingdom Brunel)
adjacent Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal. The original Isambard Kingdom Brunel built bridge was replaced in 2006. The name Bishop's Bridge Road...
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Royal Albert Bridge (redirect from Brunel truss)
to carry the A38 road. The Royal Albert Bridge was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Surveying started in 1848 and construction commenced in 1854....
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Robert Pearson Brereton (section After Brunel)
English railway engineer. He worked under Isambard Kingdom Brunel for more than twenty years and, following Brunel's death, completed many of his projects...
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859), English engineer Johnny Kingdom (1939–2018), English wildlife filmmaker Roger Kingdom, American hurdler Kingdom Holding...
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Beatles not on the list. Isambard Kingdom Brunel occupied the top spot in the polls for some time thanks largely to "students from Brunel University who have...
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Box Tunnel (category Works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel)
1841 for the Great Western Railway (GWR) under the direction of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the straight tunnel descends on a 1 in 100 gradient from its eastern...
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Greater London in 1965. Paddington station, designed by the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel opened in 1847. It is also the site of St Mary's Hospital and the...
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Renkioi Hospital (category Isambard Kingdom Brunel buildings and structures)
a pioneering prefabricated building made of wood, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel as a British Army military hospital for use during the Crimean...
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treasure ships, and were reinvented and first used in modern ships by Isambard Kingdom Brunel on the SS Great Britain, launched in 1843. Control of aircraft...
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magazine. In 2006, as part of Bristol's Isambard Kingdom Brunel bicentennial celebrations, he wrote Isambard Kingdom Brunel: A Graphic Biography with artist...
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SS Great Western (category Ships designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel)
SS British Queen went into service. Designed by British civil engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Great Western proved satisfactory in service and was the model...
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SS Great Eastern (category Ships designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel)
SS Great Eastern was an iron-hulled steamship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built by John Scott Russell & Co. at Millwall Iron Works on the...
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Portsmouth (redirect from Portsmouth, United Kingdom)
birthplace of notable people such as author Charles Dickens, engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, former Prime Minister James Callaghan, actor Peter Sellers and...
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Isambard Brunel is a portrait painting by the English artist James Northcote depicting the French-born British engineer Marc Isambard Brunel. Brunel was...
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Great Exhibition (category Exhibitions in the United Kingdom)
Charles Fox, the committee overseeing its construction including Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and went from its organisation to the grand opening in just nine...
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and the biographer of major civil engineering figures, including Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Thomas Telford. He is also regarded as one of the pioneers...
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and shipbuilder who built Great Eastern in collaboration with Isambard Kingdom Brunel. He made the discovery of the wave of translation that gave birth...
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