Robert Alan (Alan) Stevenson 1807 - 1865
Robert Alan (Alan) Stevenson , Of 11 Windsor st, Greenside, Edinburgh, esquire, civil engineer (1844).of Portobello, formerly Edinburgh, Scotland, civil engineer, inventor, writer & poet, etc., educ. Edinburgh High School & University (M.A. Phil., Fellowes Prize), Hon. LL.B. (Glasgow), M.I.C.E., F.R.S. (Council), Gold Medal - Prussia & Holland, Engineer to the Commissioners of the Northern Lighthouse Board ("Keeper of the Northern Lights"), builder of "Skerryvore" & numerous other Lighthouses, etc., friend of Wordsworth, etc.. GRO(S) OPR - order ref. 5678935 - registered as Allan. A critical dictionary of English literature & and British & and American authors ... from the earliest ccounts to the middle of the 19th century / Allibone, S. A.. - London. - 1859-71 (3 vols) Modern English biography / Boase, F.. - A facsimile of the Truro, 1892-1921 ed (6 vols) Roland Paxton, `Stevenson, Alan (1807-1865)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26427, accessed 23 Sept 2005]
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| Born: Edinburgh, Scotland 28th Apr 1807 | Baptised:
| | Died: 6 Pitt st (his residence), Portobello, Scotland 23rd Dec 1865 | Buried: Stevenson gated cell, Edinburgh, Scotland 1865
| | Family: Stevenson formerly of Neilston |
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