Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Brunel, Isambard Kingdom

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2725099Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886 — Brunel, Isambard KingdomJoseph Foster


Brunel, Isambard Kingdom, Esq., F.R.S., created D.C.L. 24 June, 1857, an eminent engineer, built docks at Sunderland and Bristol, became engineer of the Great Western Railway, designed the Great Eastern steamship (son of Sir Mark Isambard Brunel, engineer of the Thames Tunnel), died 14 Sep., 1859, aged 53.