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John Scott Russell FRSE FRS (9 May 1808, Parkhead, Glasgow – 8 June 1882, Ventnor, Isle of Wight) was a Scottish civil engineer, naval architect and shipbuilder who built the 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.Russell was a promoter of the Great Exhibition of 1851.

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rdfs:comment	John Scott Russell FRSE FRS (9 May 1808, Parkhead, Glasgow – 8 June 1882, Ventnor, Isle of Wight) was a Scottish civil engineer, naval architect and shipbuilder who built the 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.Russell was a promoter of the Great Exhibition of 1851.
foaf:name	John Scott Russell Russell, John Scott
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dc:description	Naval engineer
birth date	1808-05-09(xsd:dateTime)
birth place	Parkhead Glasgow
birth year	1808-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
death date	1882-06-08(xsd:dateTime)
death place	Ventnor
death year	1882-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
depiction description (caption)	John Scott Russell in 1847
education	Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann University of St Andrews University of Glasgow
institution	Institution of Civil Engineers The President, Council, and Fellows of the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge Royal Institution of Naval Architects dbpedia:Royal_Society_of_Arts dbpedia:Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh
nationality	Britons
thumbnail	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Russell_J_Scott.jpg?width=300

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