John Scott Russell
(1808-1882)
Naval engineer
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John Scott Russell FRSE FRS FRSA (9 May 1808, Parkhead, Glasgow – 8 June 1882, Ventnor, Isle of Wight) was a Scottish civil engineer, naval architect and shipbuilder who built Great Eastern in collaboration with Isambard Kingdom Brunel. He made the discovery of the wave of translation that gave birth to the modern study of solitons, and developed the wave-line system of ship construction.
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9 May 1808 Parkhead, Glasgow
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8 June 1882 (aged 74) Ventnor, Isle of Wight, England
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| Zodiac | Taurus |
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