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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.
Mar 23, 2022 · Thomas Stevenson was both a lighthouse designer and meteorologist who designed over 30 lighthouses over the course of his life. Between the three brothers, he arguably made the biggest impact in lighthouse engineering, with his meteorological Stevenson screen and lighthouse designs ushering in a new era of lighthouse creation.
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The light was controlled from half a mile away by an operator on the harbour. On March 6, 1848 Thomas Stevenson was elected and became Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, on proposal of: James David Forbes, 28/12/1847, (ms Proposal NLS Acc 10,000/47). (Billet 7/2/1848, 21/2/1848). He acted as Councillor 1868-71, Vice-President 1882-4 ...
Sir Thomas Stevenson. b.14 April 1838 d.27 July 1908. MB Lond (1866) MD MRCS FRCP (1871) Thomas Stevenson was born at Rainton, Yorkshire, the second son of Peter Stevenson, a pioneer of scientific farming, and his wife Hannah, daughter of Robert Williamson, banker and coach-maker, of Ripon. As a boy he studied chemistry and agriculture and ...
Thomas Stevenson was the youngest surviving son of Robert Stevenson, builder of the Bell Rock lighthouse; his wife was the youngest daughter of the Revd Lewis Balfour (1777–1860), Church of Scotland minister at Colinton, on the outskirts of Edinburgh, grandson of James Balfour (1705–1795), professor of moral philosophy at Edinburgh ...
