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Engineering Education

Great Britain · Science / Civil Engineering. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1822Date range
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1822

Isambard Kingdom Brunel1822

Paris · Science / Civil Engineering

Brunel is ruled ineligible for admission to the Ecole Polytechnique because he is a foreign national.

Names involved

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

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