Marc Isambard Brunel Summary

Marc Isambard Brunel 1769-1849 British civil engineer who built the world's first underwater tunnel, the Thames Tunnel in London. Born in France, Brunel fled to America as a royalist refugee in... Read more

Marc Isambard Brunel was born in Hacqueville, Normandy, France. He served as an officer in the French navy from 1786 to 1792. In 1793, he left revolutionary France for the United States because of his... Read more