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David was born on 11 January 1815 at 2 Baxters Place at the top of Leith Walk in Edinburgh, the son of Hean Smith and engineer Robert Stevenson. He was a brother of the lighthouse engineers, Alan and Thomas Stevenson.
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David Stevenson, a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and Royal Scottish Society of Arts, was a Scottish lighthouse engineer and designer, who designed over 30 lighthouses in and around Scotland and helped continue the dynasty of lighthouse engineering founded by his father.
Education
David Stevenson was educated at the High School in Edinburgh then studied at the University of Edinburgh.
Career
In 1838 David Stevenson became a partner in his father's (and uncle's) firm of R & A Stevenson. In 1844 Mr. Stevenson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposer was David Milne-Home. In 1853 he moved to the Northern Lighthouse Board.
Between 1854 and 1880 David Stevenson designed many lighthouses, all with his brother Thomas. In addition, he helped Richard Henry Brunton design lighthouses for Japan, inventing a novel method for allowing them to withstand earthquakes. His sons David Alan Stevenson and Charles Alexander Stevenson continued his work after his death, building nearly thirty further lighthouses.
In 1868-1869 he served as President of the Royal Scottish Society of the Arts.
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