Thomas Stevenson
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 of lighthouse creation.
Thomas Stevenson | |
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Stevenson in 1880 | |
| Born | 22 July 1818 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 8 May 1887 (aged 68) Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Occupation | Lighthouse engineer |
| Employer | Northern Lighthouse Board |
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Maggie Balfour (m. 1848) |
| Children | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Parent(s) | Robert Stevenson (father) Jean Smith (mother) |
| Relatives | David Stevenson (brother) Alan Stevenson (brother) |
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He served as president of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts (1859–60), as president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1884–86), and was a co-founder of the Scottish Meteorological Society.
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