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Brunel, Marc Isambard, active 1812-1850, engineer (15)

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Epithet: engineer

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Brunel, Marc Isambard, 1769-1849 (8)

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Marc Isambard Brunel was an engineer, probably best known for his work on the Thames Tunnel. Born in Normandy, he showed early skill as an engineer and draughtsman and was given an appropriate education, serving six years at sea. In 1793, he fled the French Revolution for America, working as an engineer and becoming chief engineer of New York, but sailed for England in 1799. He designed block-making equipment for the Royal Navy, and wood working machines for government mills, and was successf...

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