See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

ROBERT See also:

• STEPHENSON, GEORGE (1781–1848)
• STEPHENSON, O
• ROBERT STEPHENSON (1803-1859)

STEPHENSON (1803-1859)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English engineer, only son of See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• STEPHENSON, GEORGE (1781–1848)
• STEPHENSON, O
• STEPHENSON, ROBERT (1803-1859)

Stephenson (q.v.), was borr at Willington See also:

• QUAY
• QUAY, MATTHEW STANLEY (1833-1904)

Quay on the 16th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1803 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, remembering his own See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early difficulties, bestowed See also:

• SPECIAL

special care on his son's See also:

• EDUCATION

education, and sent him in his twelfth See also:

• YEAR

year to Mr See also:

• BRUCE
• BRUCE, ALEXANDER BALMAIN (1831-1899)
• BRUCE, JAMES (1930-1794)
• BRUCE, MICHAEL (1746-1767)

Bruce's school in See also:

• PERCY (FAMILY)
• PERCY, SIR HENRY
• PERCY, THOMAS (1729-1811)
• PERCY, THOMAS (c. 156o-16os)

Percy See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street, See also:

• NEWCASTLE
• NEWCASTLE, DUKES OF

Newcastle, where he remained about four years . In 1819 he was apprenticed to See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

Wood, a See also:

• COAL

coal-viewer at Killingworth, after which he was sent in 1822 to attend the See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science classes at the university of See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh . On his return he assisted his father in See also:

• SURVEYING

surveying the See also:

• STOCKTON
• STOCKTON, FRANCIS RICHARD (1834–1902)

Stockton & See also:

• DARLINGTON

Darlington and See also:

• LIVERPOOL
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS OF

Liverpool & See also:

• MANCHESTER
• MANCHESTER (popularly Manchester-by-the-Sea)
• MANCHESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Manchester lines, but in 1824 he accepted an engagement in See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AMERICA

America to take See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of the See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering operations of the Colombian See also:

• MINING

Mining Association of See also:

• LONDON

London . On See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the difficulties of the situation he resigned it in 1827, and returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England via New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York in See also:

• COMPANY

company with See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard Trevithick, whom he had met in a penniless See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition at See also:

• CARTAGENA, or CARTHAGENA

Cartagena . He then undertook the management of his father's factory in Newcastle, and greatly aided him in the improvement of the locomotives . His practice was not confined to his own See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, but extended also to See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden, See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark, See also:

• BELGIUM
• BELGIUM (Fr. Belgique; Flem. Belgic)

Belgium, See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland, See also:

• PIEDMONT (Ital. Piemonte; Low Lat. Pedemons and Pedemontium)

Piedmont and See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt . In this connexion his most remarkable achievements were his railway See also:

• BRIDGES
• BRIDGES, ROBERT (1844– )

bridges, especially those of the tubular girder type . Among his more notable examples are the Royal Border See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge at See also:

• BERWICK, JAMES FITZJAMES

Berwick-on-See also:

• TWEED

Tweed, the High Level bridge at Newcastle-on-See also:

• TYNE

Tyne, the Britannia tubular bridge over the Menai Straits, the See also:

• CONWAY (Conwy, or Aberconwy)
• CONWAY, HENRY SEYMOUR (1721-1795)
• CONWAY, HUGH
• CONWAY, MONCURE DANIEL (1832–1907)
• CONWAY, SIR WILLIAM MARTIN (1856– )

Conway tubular bridge, and the See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria tubular bridge over the St See also:

• LAWRENCE
• LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
• LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
• LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
• LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
• LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
• LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
• LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
• LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)

Lawrence at See also:

• MONTREAL

Montreal . In 1847 he entered the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons as member for See also:

• WHITBY

Whitby, retaining the seat till the end of his See also:

• LIFE

life . In 18J5 he was elected See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the Institution of See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• ENGINEERS, MILITARY

Engineers, of which he became a member in 1830 . He died in London on the 12th of October 1859, and was buried in See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey .

See The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

Story of the Life of George Stephenson, including a Memoir of his Son See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert Stephenson, by See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

• SMILES, SAMUEL (1812-1904)

Smiles (1857 ; new ed., 1873) ; Jeaffreson, Life of Robert Stephenson (2 vols., 1864); and Smiles's Lives of See also:

• BRITISH

British Engineers, vol. iii .