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Marc Isambard Brunel


 

Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (April 25, 1769December 12, 1849) was a French-born engineer who eventually settled in the United Kingdom. He preferred the name Isambard, but is generally known to history as Marc, to avoid confusion with his more famous son Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

References

  • Jonathan Coad, The Portsmouth Block Mills : Bentham, Brunel and the start of the Royal Navy's Industrial Revolution, 2005, ISBN 1873592876