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This challenge of America to England was of incalculable benefit to England. America reaped a crop of glory; England a crop of wisdom. It was worth the loss of a race to gain so much.
Biography
John Scott Russell (May 9 1808- 8 June 1882) was a naval engineer who built The Great Eastern in collaboration with Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and made the discovery that gave birth to the modern study of solitons.
Early Life
Russell was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He graduated from Glasgow University in 1825, and moved on to Edinburgh University where he taught mathematics and natural philosophy.
