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Born February 18, 1899 • London • England
Died January 1, 1978 (aged 78) • London • England
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel
British engineer
Robert Stephenson
Robert Stephenson
British engineer
Freeman, Sir Ralph: Sydney Harbour Bridge
Sir Ralph Freeman
British engineer
George Robert Stephenson
British railroad engineer
Thomas Telford
Thomas Telford
Scottish engineer
Mackinac Bridge
David Barnard Steinman
American engineer
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
French-British engineer
Smeaton, detail of an engraving by W. Bromley, 1798, after a portrait by J. Brown
John Smeaton
British engineer
Sir Hubert Shirley-Smith
British civil engineer
William Fairbairn
British engineer
Sir John Hawkshaw.
Sir John Hawkshaw
British engineer
Baker, Sir Benjamin
Sir Benjamin Baker
British engineer
George Stephenson
George Stephenson
British inventor
John By: Rideau Canal
John By
British engineer
Weetman Dickinson Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray
British engineer and politician
Sir Joseph William Bazalgette
British engineer
Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead
British mathematician and philosopher
Sanger, Frederick
Frederick Sanger
British biochemist
John Herschel
Sir John Herschel, 1st Baronet
English astronomer
Dorothy Hodgkin
Dorothy Hodgkin
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