Henry Marc Brunel (b. 27 June 1842, d. 1903) was the second son of the celebrated
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Isambard Kingdom BrunelIsambard Kingdom Brunel, FRS , was a British engineer. He is best known for the creation of the Great Western Railway, a series of famous steamships, including the first propeller-driven transatlantic steamship, and numerous important bridges and tunnels...
, and followed his father's footsteps in becoming a
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.
Brunel attended
King's College-Canada:*University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia*King's University College in Edmonton, Alberta*King's University College , a campus of the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario...
, London, from 1859–1861, and afterward attained experience in civil engineering through serving out various apprenticeships. He developed an interest in acting as a hobby, becoming a member of the Scientific and Amateur Dramatic Societies, and also contributed to his brother's biography of their father (
The Life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Civil Engineer, 1870).
Brunel is noted for a partnership from 1878 with Sir
John Wolfe-BarrySir John Wolfe-Barry was an English civil engineer of the late 19th and early 20th century. His most famous project was the construction of Tower Bridge over the River Thames in London.-Early career:...
, with whom he designed the
Blackfriars Railway BridgeBlackfriars Railway Bridge is a railway bridge crossing the River Thames in London, between Blackfriars Bridge and the Millennium Bridge.There have been two structures with the name. The first bridge was opened in 1864 and was designed by Joseph Cubitt for the London, Chatham and Dover Railway...
over the
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in central
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. Their other works included the docks at
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in south
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and the Creagan Bridge, a railway bridge over the narrows of
Loch CreranLoch Creran is a sea loch in Argyll, on the west coast of Scotland. It is about long from its head at Invercreran to its mouth on the Lynn of Lorne, part of Loch Linnhe. The loch separates the areas of Benderloch to the south and Appin to the north. The island of Eriska lies at the mouth of the...
in
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(jointly credited to Wolfe-Barry, Brunel and E.M. Crutwell). Sir
Alexander GibbBrigadier-General Sir Alexander Gibb GBE CB FRS was a Scottish civil engineer.Gibb was born in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, the son of the civil engineer, Alexander Easton Gibb, and the grandson of John Gibb, a founder member of the Institution of Civil Engineers...
was a pupil of Brunel and Wolfe-Barry in 1895.
He also designed the
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, which was built in Glasgow in 1899 and transported overland to Lake Nyasa in Africa, where it served for more than one hundred years as a mission and hospital clinic.
Brunel is buried with his father, grandfather, and other family members at Kensal Green Cemetery in London.