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

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1859

Isambard Kingdom Brunel5 September 1859

Westminster · Science / Civil Engineering

Brunel suffers a severe stroke shortly before the first sea trials of SS Great Eastern.

Names involved

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

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