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Isambard Kingdom Brunel

British engineer; designer of the Clifton suspension bridge but also of large ships such as the Great Western.

Biographical Information

Name:	Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Born on	9 April 1806 in Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Deceased on	15 September 1859 in London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Father of	Henry Marc Brunel
Son of	Marc Isambart Brunel
1830	Engineer of the Great Western Railway; project for a railway line to Bristol; Helps his father Marc Isambard Brunel with tunnel construction; Designs and builds the first steam liners for transatlantic cruises, the "Great Western" and "Great Britain";
1855 - 1859	Royal Albert Bridge over the Tamar near Saltash
1858	Launch of 211-metre "Great Eastern" steamship.

Participation in the following structures & large-scale projects:

designer

resident engineer

Billington, David P. / Schlaich, Jörg (2013): Der Turm und die Brücke. Die neue Kunst des Ingenieurbaus. Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn Verlag für Architektur und technische Wissenschaften, Berlin (Germany), ISBN 978-3-433-03077-6.
Billington, David P. / Jorquera Lucerga, Juan José / Payá Zaforteza, Ignacio / Sánchez Fernández, Ramón: La torre y el puente. El nuevo arte de la ingeniería estructural. CINTER, Madrid (Spain), ISBN 978-84-939305-4-7, pp. 300.
Mislin, Miron (2006): Zum 200. Geburtstag Isambard Kingdom Brunels. In: Stahlbau, v. 75, n. 12 (December 2006), pp. 1021-1024.
https://doi.org/10.1002/stab.200690171
Brindle, Steven: Brunel. The Man Who Built the World. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, United Kingdom (United Kingdom).
Pugsley, A. (1976): The works of Sir Isambard Kingdom Brunel: an engineering appreciation. The Institution of Civil Engineers; University of Bristol, London (United Kingdom).