| Authorised form of name | Stephenson; Robert (1803 - 1859) |
| Dates | 1803 - 1859 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Willington Quay, near Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England |
| Date of birth | 16 October 1803 |
| Place of death | 34 Gloucester Square, London |
| Date of death | 12 October 1859 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Westminster Abbey |
| Occupation | Civil engineer |
| Activity | Education:
Newcastle, apprenticed to Nicholas Wood, Killingworth Colliery
Career:
Assisted his father in surveying Stockton and Darlington Railway; managed his father's locomotive factory; engineer to the London and Birmingham Railway (1833); built high level bridge in Newcastle (1845); built Britannia Bridge, Menai Straits (opened 1850); built Victoria Bridge, St Lawrence River, Montreal (1854-1859); MP for Whitby (1847-1859)
Memberships:
MICE; FGS
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 07/06/1849 |
| Relationships | Son of George Stephenson |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1859-1860 vol 10 pp xxix-xxxiv
References:
A P Woolrich, 'Engineering Myths', review of Denis Smith, ed, Perceptions of Great Engineers: Fact and Fantasy in NR 1995 vol 49 pp 340-341
T M Charlton, 'Contributions to the Science of Bridge-Building in the Nineteenth Century by Henry Moseley, Hon.Ll.D., FRS and William Pole, D.Mus., FRS' in NR 1975-6 vol 30 pp 169-179 |
| Code | NA6394 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1849/14 | Stephenson, Robert : certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/004388 | Stephenson, Robert | nd |
| IM/004391 | Stephenson, Robert | 1860 |
| RR/2/13 | Referee's report by Robert Stephenson, on a paper 'On the existence of an element of strength in beams subjected to transverse strain, arising from the lateral action of the fibres or particles on each other, and named by the author "Resistance of Flexure"' by William Henry Barlow | 28 June 1855 |
| RR/2/14 | [Copy of RR/2/13] Referee's report by Robert Stephenson, on a paper 'On the existence of an element of strength in beams subjected to transverse strain, arising from the lateral action of the fibres or particles on each other, and named by the author "Resistance of Flexure"' by William Henry Barlow | 28 June 1855 |