Isambard Kingdom Brunel
@isambardbrunel
British mechanical and civil engineer (1806-1859)
Building Great Western Railway as Founder
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Key facts
- Lived
- 1806–1859
- Educated at
- University of Caen Normandy · Lycée Henri-IV
About
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859) was a civil engineer and mechanical engineer. They were born in Portsmouth. They studied at University of Caen Normandy.
In context
Great Western Railway was founded in 1833 and closed in 1948, after 115 years. Among the 48 other rail transport companies we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 57 years, so this one outlasted most of them.
Contribution
Isambard's ideas, decisions and failures appear here once this profile is claimed.