what did ismbard kingdom brunel die of?

Answer 1

"Brunel suffered a stroke in 1859, just before the Great Eastern made her first voyage to New York.[26] He died ten days later at the age of 53 and was buried, like his father, in Kensal Green Cemetery in London."

"Isambard Kingdom Brunel : Illnesses and death of Brunel" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel#Illnesses_and_death_of_Brunel

"The strain told, and Brunel died of a stroke in 1859, just days before the maiden voyage to New York. He was just 53."

"Isambard Kingdom Brunel" : http://www.eastlondonhistory.com/brunel%20IK.htm

Answer 2

There is a blue plaque at 98 Cheyne Walk, SW10 for Sir Marc Isambard Brunel (1769-1849) and Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) as they once lived there and there is also a blue plaque commemorating the launch of the Great Eastern at 262 West Ferry Road, E14 built by I K Brunel and J Scott Russell x

Answer 3

In modern terms, Ismbard Kingdom Brunel died of over work and stress.

He had a lot of money worries as things started to go wrong with various projects.

In his last few photo-calls, he looks really old. I think he may have been about 51 or 52 when he died. Still a relatively young man really.

Brunel's father was French, hence the odd sounding name.

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what did ismbard kingdom brunel die of?

Answer 5

Brunel did not live to see the Great Eastern’s demise. Early on in her construction, he became seriously ill and on 5 September 1859 collapsed on the deck of a heart attack. Brunel was too ill to join the great ship on its maiden voyage steaming down the Thames two days later and died on 15 September. Few engineers have matched Brunel’s achievements in the scale and range of his output – from the largest steamship of the age in the SS Great Eastern, to its most ingenious railway bridge in the Royal Albert. His funeral at Kensal Green Cemetry was attended not only by eminent engineers, but several thousand railway workers paying their respects.

Answer 6

According to my own investigations, - using my own reference books, - on this subject, the remarkable Mr. Brunel, (born 09 April, 1806), died as the result of what is, commonly, called a "STROKE", on 15 September, 1859!

Answer 7

Stroke