Person    | Male  Born 1808  Died 1882

John Scott Russell

Categories: Architecture, Engineering

Countries: Scotland

One of the Secretaries to the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition 1851.

Engineer and navel architect. Born at Parkhead, near Glasgow. Died at Ventnor, Isle of Wight

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John Scott Russell

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Great Exhibition and Prince Albert

Designed by Joseph Durham with modifications by Sydney Smirke. Inaugurated by...

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James Morgan

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35 St Martin's Street

35 St Martin's Street

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