Brunel, Isambard Kingdom, 1806-1859

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel (born 9 April 1806, Portsmouth, England-died 15 September 1859, Westminster, London, England), English civil engineer. He built dockyards, the Great Western Railway (GWR), a series of steamships including the first propeller-driven transatlantic steamship, and numerous important bridges and tunnels. His designs revolutionised public transport and modern engineering.

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referencedIn	American Philosophical Society Library. Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection. 1668-1983.	American Philosophical Society
referencedIn	Brunel Collection: Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) papers, 1824-1953	University of Bristol Information Services - Special Collections
creatorOf	Brunel, Isambard Kingdom, 1806-1859,. Plan of a railway from London to Reading and from Bath to Bristol to form portions of a railway to be called the Great Western Railway with a branch thereout from Slough in the County of Cucks to Eton in the same County, 1833-1835.	Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf	Brunel, Isambard Kingdom, 1806-1859. Letters.	Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
creatorOf	Brunel, Isambard Kingdom, 1806-1859. Memorie scientifiche tratte dalla Biblioteca Italiana e da qualche altro giornale technologico.	Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
creatorOf	Brunel, Isambard Kingdom. Great Eastern.	Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee County Federated Library System
referencedIn	Coffin, James H. (James Henry), 1806-1873. James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884	Smithsonian Institution Archives
creatorOf	Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867. Papers.	Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
referencedIn	Gilbert Blount collection, 1837-1849	Special Collections, Brunel University Library
creatorOf	International railroad collection, 1812-1884.	Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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associatedWith	Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873
associatedWith	Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820
associatedWith	Blount, Gilbert R. ., 1819-1876
associatedWith	Clerk, E.
associatedWith	Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839
associatedWith	Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899
associatedWith	Cuvier, Georges, Baron, 1769-1832
associatedWith	Darlington, William, 1782-1863
associatedWith	Dibner, Bern,
associatedWith	Edison, Thomas A., (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931