Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer Inner Temple English politician and philanthropist

English politician and philanthropist

led by Sir John Gonson

12th May 1974

The filming of Dr Who - Daleks characters across the river from Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer Inner Temple English politician and philanthropistIsambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer, 1857, (1956). Brunel (1806 1859) standing in front of the launching chains of his steamship the 'Great Eastern'. Brunel left school in 1822 to work for his father Marc Isambard Brunel on the construction of the Thames Tunnel. He later became the chief engineer of the Great Western Railway between 1833 and 1858, and designed many bridges and viaducts including the Royal Albert Bridge in Saltash, Cornwall, and