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Isambard Kingdom Brunel  ©Brunel was one of the most versatile and audacious engineers of the 19th century, responsible for the design of tunnels, bridges, railway lines and ships.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel was born on 9 April in Portsmouth.

His father Mark was a French engineer who had fled France during the revolution. Brunel was educated both in England and in France.

When he returned to England he went to work for his father.

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Brunel's first notable achievement was the part he played with his father in planning the Thames Tunnel from Rotherhithe to Wapping, completed in In , Brunel's designs won the competition for the Clifton Suspension Bridge across the River Avon.

Construction began the same year but it was not completed until

The work for which Brunel is probably best remembered is his construction of a network of tunnels, bridges and viaducts for the Great Western Railway. In , he was appointed their chief engineer and work began on th