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Isambard Kingdom Brunel
British mechanical and civil engineer (1806-1859)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 9 April 1806
- Died
- 15 September 1859
- Place of birth
- Portsmouth
- Place of death
- London, Westminster
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- Ben Chemoul
- Father
- Marc Isambard Brunel
- Mother
- Sophia Kingdom
- Spouse
- Mary Elizabeth Horsley
- Occupation
- civil engineer, mechanical engineer, architect, engineer, railway engineer
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Native language
- English
- cause of death
- stroke
- date of burial or cremation
- 20 September 1859
- described by source
- Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Schaffhausen Canton History of the 19th and 20th Centuries
- educated at
- University of Caen Normandy, Lycée Henri-IV
- end of work period
- 1859
- IPA transcription
- ˈɪzəmˌbɑːd bruːˈnɛl
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of
- Royal Society, Institution of Civil Engineers
- name in native language
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- notable work
- Royal Albert Bridge, Clifton Suspension Bridge, Great Western Railway, SS Great Britain, SS Great Eastern, SS Great Western
- place of burial
- Kensal Green Cemetery
- start of work period
- 1800
- student
- Bradford Leslie
- topic's main category
- Category:Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- writing language
- English
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