Dr. Robert Stevenson (Stivenson) 1772 - 1851
Dr. Robert Stevenson (Stivenson), of Edinburgh, Scotland, civil engineer, inventor, etc.. FRSE, FSA (Scot.), M.Inst.CE.Only son. Engineer to the Commissioners of the Northern Lighthouse Board ("Keeper of the Northern Lights") (succ. his step-father/father-in-law Thomas Smith after joining him in partnership in 1786), renowned builder of lighthouses (incl. "Bell Rock"), bridges, roads & railways, designer of eastern approach road to Edinburgh, etc. GRO(S) - OPR - Order ref. 4031284 Bibliotheca britannia; or, A general index to British ... literature / Watt, R.. - Edinburgh. - 1824 (Vols. 1 & and 2) A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen / Chambers, R.. - New ed. - London. - 1855 (5 vols)Biography / Knight, C.. - London. - 1856-72 (7 vols) A critical dictionary of English literature & and British & and American authors ... from the earliest accounts to the middle of the 19th century / Allibone, S. A.. - London. - 1859-71 (3 vols)The Scottish nation; or, The ... biographical history of the people of Scotland / Anderson, W.. - Edinburgh. - 1862 (3 vols) Cassell's biographical dictionary. - London. - (1867-69) The biographical treasury; a dictionary of universal biography ... revised ... by W. L. R. Cates / Maunder, S.. New ed. - London. - 1870 The book of Scotsmen / Irving, J.. - Paisley. - 1881 Men of the reign; a biographical dictionary of eminent persons ... who have died during the reign of Queen Victoria / Ward, T. H.. - London. - 1885 Celebrities of the Century being A Dictionary of Men and Women of the Nineteenth Century / Sanders, Lloyd C.. - Vol. 1-2. - London; Paris; Melbourne. - 1887 Encyclopaedia of ships and shipping / Mason, H. B.. - London. - 1908 Roland Paxton, `Stevenson, Robert (1772-1850)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26436, accessed 23 Sept 2005]
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| Born: Glasgow, Scotland 8th Jun 1772 | Baptised:
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| | Family: Stevenson formerly of Neilston |
Timeline
| 8th Jun 1772 | Born (birth) Glasgow, Scotland | | 3rd Jun 1799 | Married Jean (Jane) Smith
(Stevenson ) 1779 - 1846 (marriage) Edinburgh, Scotland | | 1841 | Member of household in 1841 census (census) Logie, Perths., Scotland | | 1850 | Buried (burial) Edinburgh, Scotland | | 13th Dec 1850 | Made a will (will) | | 12th Jul 1851 | Died (death) Edinburgh, Scotland |
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