Isambard Kingdom Brunel

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Last updated 15 November 2011, created 16 August 2011, viewed 3,014

Was Brunel the Greatest Briton? In November 2002 - Sir Winston Churchill was named the greatest Briton of all time in a nationwide poll attracting more than a million votes. Participants in the survey voted the second World War leader top of the list of the country's 100 most significant individu More…als, with 447,423 votes. He beat his nearest rival, engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, by more than 56,000 votes.

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Who was the Greatest Briton 2011 IKB.ppt (3mb, Powerpoint document)

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KS3 / History / Industrial change 1750-1900 / Transport 1750 / 1900 (68)

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A well-resourced lesson asking whether Brunel was the greatest Briton to have lived. from Daniel Hartley, 15 November 2011. Member of the TES Panel.	(report comment)	5 out of 5
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