Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a pioneering 19th-century British engineer renowned for his groundbreaking work on railways, bridges, tunnels, and steamships that transformed industrial transportation.
Aliases (9)
- Brunel ×1
- Isambard ×1
- Isambard Brunel ×1
- Isambard Brunel Junior ×1
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British civil engineer ×1
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer ×1
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel, civil engineer ×1
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel, designer of the Great Western Railway ×1
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel, engineer ×1
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
British person
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civil engineer → historical figure → mechanical engineer → |
| birthCountry |
United Kingdom
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| birthDate |
1806-04-09
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| birthPlace |
Portsmouth
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| burialPlace |
Kensal Green Cemetery
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| causeOfDeath |
stroke
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| centuryOfActivity |
19th century
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| child |
Florence Mary Brunel
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Henry Marc Brunel → Isambard Brunel Junior → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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| deathDate |
1859-09-15
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| deathPlace |
London
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| educatedAt |
Caen, France (schooling)
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Lycée Henri-IV → |
| employer |
Great Western Railway
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| era |
Industrial Revolution
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| familyName |
Brunel
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| fieldOfWork |
civil engineering
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mechanical engineering → transportation engineering → |
| fullName |
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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| givenName |
Isambard
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| hasMonument |
statue of Isambard Kingdom Brunel at Paddington Station, London
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| influenced |
development of long-span bridges
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development of modern railway engineering → development of ocean-going steamships → |
| knownFor |
Box Tunnel
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Clifton Suspension Bridge → Great Western Railway → Maidenhead Railway Bridge → Royal Albert Bridge → SS Great Britain → SS Great Eastern → SS Great Western → Thames Tunnel → |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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| nationality |
British
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| notableAchievement |
design of record-breaking spans in masonry and iron bridges
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integrated railway and steamship transport between London and New York via Bristol → pioneering use of iron in shipbuilding → pioneering use of screw propulsion in large ships → |
| notableProject |
design of broad-gauge railway system for Great Western Railway
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design of the Box Tunnel on the Great Western Railway → design of the Clifton Suspension Bridge (initial design and early work) → design of the Great Western Railway main line from London to Bristol → design of the Maidenhead Railway Bridge over the River Thames → design of the Royal Albert Bridge over the River Tamar → design of the SS Great Britain, the first iron-hulled screw-propelled ocean liner → design of the SS Great Eastern, a very large steamship for transoceanic travel → design of the SS Great Western, a pioneering transatlantic steamship → work on the Thames Tunnel with his father Marc Brunel → |
| occupation |
bridge engineer
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engineer → railway engineer → ship designer → |
| parent |
Marc Isambard Brunel
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Sophia Kingdom Brunel → |
| spouse |
Mary Elizabeth Horsley
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Referenced by (21)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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West Norwood Cemetery
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West Norwood Cemetery ("Isambard Brunel") → West Norwood Cemetery ("Isambard Kingdom Brunel, engineer") → West Norwood Cemetery ("Isambard Kingdom Brunel, civil engineer") → West Norwood Cemetery ("Isambard Kingdom Brunel, designer of the Great Western Railway") → West Norwood Cemetery ("Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer") → West Norwood Cemetery ("Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British civil engineer") → |
hasNotableBurial |
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Bath Spa railway station
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Bristol Temple Meads → London Paddington → |
architect |
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Great Western Main Line
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SS Great Britain → |
designer |
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SS Great Britain
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associatedWith |
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel
("Isambard Brunel Junior")
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child |
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Exeter St Davids
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designedBy |
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel
("Brunel")
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familyName |
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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fullName |
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel
("Isambard")
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givenName |
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Bristol
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hasNotablePerson |
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Kensal Green Cemetery
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notableBurial |
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Victorian era
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notableFigure |