Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel> ?p ?o. }
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel abstract "Isambard Kingdom Brunel, FRS (/ˈɪzəmbɑrd bruːˈnɛl/; 9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859), was an English mechanical and civil engineer who built dockyards, the Great Western Railway, a series of steamships including the first propeller-driven transatlantic steamship and numerous important bridges and tunnels. His designs revolutionised public transport and modern engineering.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 SS Great Britain, the first propeller-driven ocean-going iron ship, which was at the time (1843) also the largest ship ever built.Brunel set the standard for a very well built railway, using careful surveys to minimise grades and curves. This necessitated expensive construction techniques and new bridges and viaducts, and the two-mile-long Box Tunnel. One controversial feature was the wide gauge, a "broad gauge" of 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm), instead of what was later to be known as 'standard gauge' of 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm). The wider gauge added to passenger comfort but made construction much more expensive and caused difficulties when eventually it had to interconnect with other railways using the narrower gauge. As a result of the Railway Regulation (Gauge) Act 1846, the gauge was changed to standard gauge throughout the GWR network.Brunel astonished Britain by proposing to extend the Great Western Railway westward to North America by building steam-powered iron-hulled ships. He designed and built three ships that revolutionised naval engineering.In 2002, Brunel was placed second in a BBC public poll to determine the "100 Greatest Britons". In 2006, the bicentenary of his birth, a major programme of events celebrated his life and work under the name Brunel 200.".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel birthDate "1806-04-09".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel birthPlace Portsmouth.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel birthYear "1806".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel child Florence_Mary_Brunel.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel child Henry_Marc_Brunel.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel child Isambard_Brunel_Junior.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel deathDate "1859-09-15".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel deathPlace London.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel deathYear "1859".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel depictionDescription "Isambard Kingdom Brunel by the launching chains of the SS Great Eastern".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel depictionDescription "by Robert Howlett, 1857 (detail)".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel discipline Civil_engineer.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel discipline Structural_engineer.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel education Lyc%C3%A9e_Henri-IV.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel education University_of_Caen_Lower_Normandy.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel institution Institution_of_Civil_Engineers.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel parent Marc_Isambard_Brunel.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel parent Sophia_Kingdom.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel significantProject Clifton_Suspension_Bridge.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel significantProject Great_Western_Railway.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel significantProject SS_Great_Britain.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel thumbnail IKBrunelChains.jpg?width=300.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel viafId "25385167".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel wikiPageExternalLink books?id=VWzePXbXTvQC&pg=PA87&dq=%22Isambard+Kingdom+Brunel%22&num=30.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel wikiPageExternalLink Brunel+Obituary.html.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel wikiPageExternalLink brunel_kingdom_isambard.shtml.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel wikiPageExternalLink brunel.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel wikiPageExternalLink isambard-kingdom-brunel.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel wikiPageExternalLink representation?object=5711.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel wikiPageExternalLink www.ikbrunel.org.uk.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel wikiPageExternalLink Brunel%20Obituary.html.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel wikiPageID "4482809".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel wikiPageRevisionID "606738950".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel alt "A 19th century man wearing a jacket, trousers and waistcoat, with his hands in his pockets and a cigar in mouth, wearing a tall stovepipe top hat, standing in front of giant iron chains on a drum.".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel birthDate "1806-04-09".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel birthPlace "Portsmouth, England".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel caption "Isambard Kingdom Brunel by the launching chains of the SS Great Eastern".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel caption "by Robert Howlett, 1857".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel children "Isambard Brunel Junior, Henry Marc Brunel, Florence Mary Brunel".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel dateOfBirth "1806-04-09".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel dateOfDeath "1859-09-15".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel deathDate "1859-09-15".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel deathPlace "London, England".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel discipline Civil_engineer.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel discipline Structural_engineer.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel education Lycée_Henri-IV.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel education University_of_Caen_Lower_Normandy.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel hasPhotoCollection Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel institutions Institution_of_Civil_Engineers.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel name "Brunel, Isambard Kingdom".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel name "Isambard Kingdom Brunel".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel nationality "British".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel parents Marc_Isambard_Brunel.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel parents Sophia_Kingdom.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel placeOfBirth "Portsmouth, England".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel placeOfDeath "London".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel shortDescription "English engineer".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel signature "Isambard Kingdom Brunel signature.svg".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel significantProjects Clifton_Suspension_Bridge.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel significantProjects Great_Western_Railway.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel significantProjects SS_Great_Britain.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel spouse "Mary Elizabeth Horsley".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel description "English engineer".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel description "English engineer".
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel subject Category:1806_births.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel subject Category:1859_deaths.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel subject Category:19th-century_engineers.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel subject Category:Boat_and_ship_designers.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel subject Category:Bridge_engineers.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel subject Category:British_railway_pioneers.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel subject Category:Burials_at_Kensal_Green_Cemetery.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel subject Category:Deaths_from_nephritis.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel subject Category:English_civil_engineers.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel subject Category:English_inventors.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel subject Category:English_people_of_French_descent.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel subject Category:Fellows_of_the_Royal_Society.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel subject Category:Great_Western_Railway.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel subject Category:Great_Western_Railway_people.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel subject Category:Lycée_Henri-IV_alumni.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel subject Category:Marine_engineers_and_naval_architects.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel subject Category:People_associated_with_Brunel_University.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel subject Category:People_from_Portsmouth.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel subject Category:People_of_the_Industrial_Revolution.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel subject Category:Pioneers_of_rail_transport.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel subject Category:Rail_transport_designers.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel subject Category:Structural_engineers.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel subject Category:Viaduct_engineers.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel subject Category:Works_of_Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel type Alumnus109786338.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel type Architect109805475.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel type Associate109816771.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel type BridgeEngineers.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel type BritishRailwayPioneers.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel type CausalAgent100007347.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel type CivilEngineer109924540.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel type Colleague109935990.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel type Creator109614315.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel type Engineer109615807.
- Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel type EnglishArchitects.