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Darwin Correspondence Project

David Stevenson

1815–86

Civil engineer. Managing partner of Stevenson engineering firm. Appointed by the Admiralty and Department of Woods and Forests to report on railway, harbour, and sanitary schemes in Scotland, England, and Ireland, 1846. Engineer to the northern lighthouse board, 1853.

Source

DNB.

Bibliography

DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.

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