Robert Stevenson FRSE FGS FRAS MSA Scot MWS MInstCE (8 June 1772 – 12 July 1850) was a Scottish civil engineer and famed designer and builder of lighthouses.One of his finest achievements was the construction of the Bell Rock Lighthouse.
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birth date
1772-06-08
birth place
Glasgow
child
David Stevenson (engineer), Alan Stevenson, Thomas Stevenson
death date
1850-07-12
death place
Edinburgh
depiction description (caption)
----, Bust of Robert Stevenson by Samuel Joseph commissioned 19 July 1824 by the Northern Lighthouse Board., (Illustration from the Biographical Sketch of the Late Robert Stevenson: Civil Engineer by his son Alan Stevenson 1851)
discipline
Civil engineer
education
University of Strathclyde, University of Edinburgh
employer
Northern Lighthouse Board
institution
Wernerian Natural History Society, Geological Society of London, Institution of Civil Engineers, Royal Astronomical Society, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Royal Society of Edinburgh
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