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Isambard Kingdom Brunel (9 April 1806 — 15 September 1859) was an English engineer. He was born in Portsmouth, UK, the son of Marc Brunel, a naval officer and an engineer. He worked in his father’s office, and helped to plan the Thames Tunnel, opened in 1843. He himself planned the Clifton Suspension Bridge, and the Hungerford Suspension Bridge over the Thames. He designed the Great Western (1837), the first steamship built to cross the Atlantic, the Great Britain (1843), the first ocean screw-steamer, and the Great Eastern (1858), then the largest vessel ever built. He was also appointed engineer to the Great Western Railway (1833) and constructed many docks.
He is best known for the creation of the Great Western Railway, a series of famous steamships, and numerous important bridges. Most of Brunel’s bridges are still in use. The Thames Tunnel is now part of the London Underground, and the Brunel Engine House at Rotherhithe that once housed the steam engines that powered the tunnel pumps still stands, as a museum dedicated to his work and life.
Though Brunel’s projects were not always successful, they often contained innovative solutions to long-standing engineering problems. During his short career, Brunel achieved many engineering «firsts», including assisting in the building of the first tunnel under a navigable river and development of the first propeller-driven ocean-going iron ship, which was at the time also the largest ship ever built. He also set the example for the engineers and innovators who followed him and who are inspired to translate their creative thought into action.