Brunel
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Isambard Kingdom 1806–59, English civil engineer and naval architect.
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his father Sir Marc Isambard, 1769–1849, English civil engineer, born in France: chief engineer of New York City 1793–99.
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Isambard Kingdom (ˈɪzəmˌbɑːd). 1806–59, English engineer: designer of the Clifton Suspension Bridge (1828), many railway lines, tunnels, bridges, etc, and the steamships Great Western (1838), Great Britain (1845), and Great Eastern (1858)
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his father, Sir Marc Isambard . 1769–1849, French engineer in England
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The Epstein files contain dozens of emails between Siad, Epstein and Brunel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Siad also recruited models for Jean-Luc Brunel, a French modeling agent and close associate of Epstein.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Marcinko said she had been working for the agency in Paris, and Brunel brought her to the US a few weeks before his party, on a visa he had arranged.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
A close friend of Epstein's, Brunel ran the New York branch of modelling agency Karin Models.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
The filing off was very cleverly managed by Brunel, who, while having the place evacuated on the one hand, brought in those battalions that were without, all equally anxious to acclaim the Commune.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary
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