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Isambard Kingdom Brunel

1806 - 1859

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel ( IZZ-əm-bard KING-dəm broo-NELL; 9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859) was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history", "one of the 19th-century engineering giants", and "one of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution, [who] changed the face of the English landscape with his groundbreaking designs and ingenious constructions". Brunel built dockyards, the Great Western Railway (GWR), a series of steamships including the first purpose-built transatlantic steamship, and numerous important bridges and tunnels. His designs revolutionised public transport and modern engineering. Though Brunel's projects were not always successful, they often contained innovative solutions to long-standing engineering problems. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Isambard Kingdom Brunel is the 36th most popular engineer (up from 74th in 2019), the 792nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,022nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Engineer.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a famous engineer who is most famous for his work on the Great Western Railway, the Clifton Suspension Bridge, and the SS Great Britain.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Isambard Kingdom Brunel ranks 36 out of 389. Before him are Hermann Oberth, Jiro Horikoshi, Philo of Byzantium, Albert Göring, Lennart Torstensson, and Theodore von Kármán. After him are Hertha Ayrton, Anthony Fokker, Emil Škoda, Loránd Eötvös, Ildefons Cerdà, and Hugo Junkers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1806, Isambard Kingdom Brunel ranks 10. Before him are Benito Juárez, Augustus De Morgan, Emilia Plater, Catherine Labouré, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, and Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia. After him are Charles Gleyre, Omar Pasha, William Webb Ellis, Duchenne de Boulogne, Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, and Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle. Among people deceased in 1859, Isambard Kingdom Brunel ranks 16. Before him are John Vianney, Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, Josip Jelačić, Washington Irving, Louis Spohr, and John Brown. After him are Archduke John of Austria, Bettina von Arnim, Leigh Hunt, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Walter Hunt, and Nana Sahib.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Isambard Kingdom Brunel ranks 792 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry Every (1659), Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743), George Mallory (1886), James Dewar (1842), William McMaster Murdoch (1873), and Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784). After him are Peter Greenaway (1942), Saint Malachy (1094), Anthony James Leggett (1938), Chris Slade (1946), Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861), and Malcolm Young (1953).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, Isambard Kingdom Brunel ranks 2. Before him are William John Macquorn Rankine (1820). After him are Hertha Ayrton (1854), Godfrey Hounsfield (1919), William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810), John Ambrose Fleming (1849), Colin Chapman (1928), Charles George Gordon (1833), Adrian Newey (1958), Henry Royce (1863), Charles Rolls (1877), and Patrick Head (1946).

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