Person Stephenson; Robert (1803 - 1859) Stephenson Robert 1803 - 1859 British Male Willington Quay, near Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England 16 October 1803 34 Gloucester Square, London 12 October 1859 Burial: Westminster Abbey, London, England, Europe

34 Gloucester Square (1849)

Civil engineer 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 Son of George Stephenson Fellow 07/06/1849 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 ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-11656 16 Oct 1803 - 12 Oct 1859 NA6394 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes d0725b69-706f-4843-985e-ffea65d42d57