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![People Who Studied Abroad #398:Isambard Kingdom Brunel, mechanical and civil engineer, chief engineer of the Great Western Railway, and named #2 in a 2002 poll of the “100 Greatest Britons”
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At age 14, Brunel enrolled at the College of Caen in Normandy, France (his father’s country of birth) then at Lycée Henri-Quatre in Paris, where he completed his studies in 1822. He applied to attend the École Polytechnique but they would not accept a foreigner. Instead, he apprenticed with clockmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet before returning to England.
[Brunel was portrayed by Kenneth Branagh in the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony.]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IKBrunelChains.jpg)
People Who Studied Abroad #398:
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, mechanical and civil engineer, chief engineer of the Great Western Railway, and named #2 in a 2002 poll of the “100 Greatest Britons”
From:
United Kingdom
Studied:
At age 14, Brunel enrolled at the College of Caen in Normandy, France (his father’s country of birth) then at Lycée Henri-Quatre in Paris, where he completed his studies in 1822. He applied to attend the École Polytechnique but they would not accept a foreigner. Instead, he apprenticed with clockmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet before returning to England.
[Brunel was portrayed by Kenneth Branagh in the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony.]
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