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Born 1781 • London • England
Died February 1, 1836 (aged 55) • Sussex • England

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British engineer
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British engineer and politician
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British engineer
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
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Sir John Fowler, engraving by Thomas Oldham Barlow, 1868, after a portrait by Sir John Everett Millais; in the Science Museum, London.
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James Brindley
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