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Born September 3, 1846 • Hamburg • Germany
Died November 29, 1899 (aged 53) • Switzerland
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
French-British engineer
Robert Stephenson
Robert Stephenson
British engineer
William George Armstrong, c. 1870
William George Armstrong, Baron Armstrong
British engineer
James Henry Greathead
James Henry Greathead
British engineer
Germain Sommeiller
French engineer
John A. Roebling
John Augustus Roebling
American engineer
Albert Fink
American engineer
Oskar von Miller
German engineer
George Stephenson
George Stephenson
British inventor
Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov
Soviet physicist
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
British engineer
Octave Chanute
Octave Chanute
American engineer
Marc Séguin, the Elder
French engineer
Baker, Sir Benjamin
Sir Benjamin Baker
British engineer
Elihu Thomson
American electrical engineer and inventor
McAdam, engraving by Charles Turner
John Loudon McAdam
British inventor
John E.W. Keely
American inventor
Eugène Freyssinet
French engineer
William Symington
British engineer
Golden Gate Bridge
Joseph B. Strauss
American engineer