John Scott Russell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Scott Russell

naval engineer

Date of Birth: 09-May-1808

Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 08-Jun-1882

Profession: combat engineer, civil engineer

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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. Russell was a promoter of the Great Exhibition of 1851.