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Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Engineer > 
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a British engineer who pioneered fast, cheap & reliable mass public transport with the enthusiasm of a visionary matched by his ability to convince financiers, inspire his workers and maintain the high standards that ensured the success of his projects.
The son of an English mother and noted French engineer Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, Isambard's life was a hectic sequence of ambitious, high-risk leading-edge projects involving new technology, politics, investors and funding, and throughout his life he never stopped working on projects which called for complex organisational ability: working with clients, creating visionary designs, applying new engineering principles, budgeting, financing, and co-ordinating & motivating people. Isambard rose to prominence when, aged 20, he was appointed as the resident engineer of the Thames foot tunnel, his father's greatest achievement.
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