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 |
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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; |
1855 - 1859 | Royal Albert Bridge over the Tamar near Saltash |
1858 | Launch of 211-metre "Great Eastern" steamship. |
Structures and Projects
Participation in the following structures & large-scale projects:
designer
- Bishops Road Canal Bridge
- Chepstow Railway Bridge
- Clifton Suspension Bridge
- Hungerford Bridge
- Landore Viaduct
- Maidenhead Railway Bridge
- Paddington Station
- Pump House Bridge
- Royal Albert Bridge
- Temple Meads Station
- Windsor Railway Bridge
resident engineer
Relevant Websites
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archINFORM: Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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ASCE: History and heritage of civil engineering: Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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BBC History: Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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Bernd Nebel: Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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Great Buildings Online: Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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Great Engineers: Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1805 - 1859)
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Wikipedia: Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Relevant Publications
- Der Turm und die Brücke. Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn Verlag für Architektur und technische Wissenschaften, Berlin (Germany), ISBN 978-3-433-03077-6. (2013):
- La torre y el puente. El nuevo arte de la ingeniería estructural. CINTER, Madrid (Spain), ISBN 978-84-939305-4-7, pp. 300. :
- Zum 200. Geburtstag Isambard Kingdom Brunels. In: Stahlbau, v. 75, n. 12 (December 2006), pp. 1021-1024. (2006):
- Brunel. The Man Who Built the World. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, United Kingdom (United Kingdom). :
- The works of Sir Isambard Kingdom Brunel: an engineering appreciation. The Institution of Civil Engineers; University of Bristol, London (United Kingdom). (1976):
- About this
data sheet - Person-ID
1000002 - Date created
29/12/1998 - Last Update
22/07/2014