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Brunel, Marc Isambard

25. April 1769 – 12. December 1849

A French-British engineer and inventor, best known for the construction of the Thames Tunnel.

Marc Isambard Brunel was the owner of Brunel’s Sawmills, together with James und William Farthing.

Traveljournal 1825

Traveljournal 1825–1827

Traveljournal 1845

Traveljournal 1846

  • Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.
  • Henderson, W. O.: J. C. Fischers Besuche in London zwischen 1794 und 1851. In: Sonderdruck aus Tradition - Zeitschrift für Firmengeschichte und Unternehmensbiographie 1967, S. 356–358.
  • Henderson, W. O.: J. C. Fischer and his Diary of Industrial England 1814–1851. London 1966, S. 29–31.

Cite as: Brunel, Marc Isambard. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/names/gfa-actors-7771, viewed on 6 June 2025.

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Marc Isambard Brunel (painting by Samuel Drummond, c. 1836)