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Signature. Thomas Stevenson PRSE MInstCE FRSSA FSAScot (22 July 1818 – 8 May 1887) was a pioneering Scottish civil engineer, lighthouse designer and meteorologist, who designed over thirty lighthouses in and around Scotland, as well as the Stevenson screen used in meteorology. His designs, celebrated as ground breaking, ushered in a new era ...
Stevenson was born at 8 Howard Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, on 13 November 1850 to Thomas Stevenson (1818–1887), a leading lighthouse engineer, and his wife, Margaret Isabella (born Balfour, 1829–1897). He was christened Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson. At about age 18, he changed the spelling of "Lewis" to "Louis", and he dropped "Balfour ...
Mar 23, 2022 · During his term as chief of the Northern Lighthouse Board, Alan Stevenson built 13 lighthouses in and around Scotland between 1843 and 1853, and over the course of his life designed over 30 in total. One of his most notable builds is the Skerryvore Lighthouse. Thomas Stevenson was both a lighthouse designer and meteorologist who designed over ...
Robert Louis Balfour stevenson (1850-1894) A brief summary of Stevenson’s life. For more information see our recommended biographies. An Imaginative Childhood (1850-1867) Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was born November 13, 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland and was the only child of respectable middle-class parents. His father, Thomas, belonged to a family of engineers who had built most […]
8 March 1951 (age 73) Tunbridge Wells, England. Occupation. Author, wine writer, wine critic, wine judge. Nationality. British. Tom Stevenson (born 1951) is a British wine writer and critic. Described by his colleagues as one of today's most prolific wine authors, [1] [2] Stevenson is regarded as the world's leading authority on Champagne.
Stevenson, Robert Louis ( 1850–1894 ), writer, was born at 8 Howard Place, Edinburgh, on 13 November 1850, the only son of Thomas Stevenson (1818–1887), civil engineer, and his wife, Margaret Isabella Balfour (1829–1897). He was given the names Robert Lewis Balfour but changed the spelling (although not the pronunciation) of the second to ...
