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

Wood, Alan Muir (2009): Thomas Young and the Brunels: masters of masonry analysis. In: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering, v. 162, n. 1 (February 2009), pp. 42-48.
https://doi.org/10.1680/cien.2008.162.1.42
Sheldrake, John (2008): I. K. Brunel and the Famous Half Sovereign: The Surgeon's Story. In: Transactions of the Newcomen Society, v. 78, n. 1 (February 2008), pp. 53-55.
https://doi.org/10.1179/175035208x258275
Perrett, David (2008): I. K. Brunel in London. In: Transactions of the Newcomen Society, v. 78, n. 1 (February 2008), pp. 47-52.
https://doi.org/10.1179/175035208x258257
Brindle, Steven / Tucker, Malcolm (2008): I. K. Brunel's First Cast Iron Bridges and the Uxbridge Road Fiasco. In: Transactions of the Newcomen Society, v. 78, n. 1 (February 2008), pp. 25-45.
https://doi.org/10.1179/175035208x258248
Quinn, Paul (2010): I K Brunel's Ships — First Among Equals?. In: The International Journal for the History of Engineering & Technology, v. 80, n. 1 (January 2010), pp. 80-99.
https://doi.org/10.1179/175812109x449630