Marc Isambard Brunel ( 1769 - 1849 )

Birth: Hacqueville, near Gisors, Normandy, France (25 April 1769) Death: 12 December 1849 Burial: Kensal Green cemetery Profession: Civil engineer Education: Gisors; Rouen Career: Visited the West Indies; returned to Paris (1793) but was forced to leave; went to New York and became a civil engineer; came to England (1799); patented various machines he had invented, including one for making ships' blocks; erected sawmills at Battersea and Woolwich; cast into prison for debt; built the Thames Tunnel (1825-1842); died paralysed Honours: Kt 1841 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 24/03/1814 Council: VP 1832-1834.