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David Alan Stevenson

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David Alan Stevenson FRSE MIME FRSSA MICE (21 July 1854 in Edinburgh – 11 April 1938) was a lighthouse engineer who built twenty six lighthouses in and around Scotland. [1]

43 relations: Aberdeenshire, Ailsa Craig, Barns Ness Lighthouse, Bass Rock, Bracket, Catterline, Charles Alexander Stevenson, Copinsay, D. E. Stevenson, David Stevenson (engineer), Dean Cemetery, Duncansby Head, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Academy, Eilean Trodday, Esha Ness Lighthouse, Fair Isle, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fidra, Flannan Isles, Gazetteer for Scotland, George Chrystal, Helliar Holm, Hoxa, Orkney, Hyskeir, Killantringan Lighthouse, Lighthouse, Maughold Head, Neist Point, New Town, Edinburgh, Noup Head Lighthouse, Peter Tait (physicist), Rattray Head, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Stevenson (civil engineer), Royal Society of Edinburgh, Rua Reidh Lighthouse, Scotland, Stroma, Scotland, Sule Skerry, Thomas Stevenson, Tiumpan Head, University of Edinburgh.

Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire (Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.

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Ailsa Craig

Ailsa Craig (Creag Ealasaid) is an island of in the outer Firth of Clyde, west of mainland Scotland, upon which blue hone granite has long been quarried to make curling stones.

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Barns Ness Lighthouse

Barns Ness Lighthouse is located from Dunbar and was constructed by the engineer David A. Stevenson between 1899 and 1901.

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Bass Rock

The Bass Rock, or simply the Bass, is an island in the outer part of the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland.

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Bracket

A bracket is a tall punctuation mark typically used in matched pairs within text, to set apart or interject other text.

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Catterline

Catterline is a coastal village on the North Sea in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Charles Alexander Stevenson

Charles Alexander Stevenson MICE MIEE FRSE (1855, Edinburgh – 1950) was a Scottish lighthouse engineer who built twenty three lighthouses in and around Scotland.

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Copinsay

Copinsay (Kolbeinsey) is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, lying off the east coast of the Orkney Mainland.

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D. E. Stevenson

Dorothy Emily Stevenson (1892–1973) was a best-selling Scottish author.

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David Stevenson (engineer)

David Stevenson MICE FRSE FRSSA (11 January 1815 – 17 July 1886) was a Scottish lighthouse designer, who designed over thirty lighthouses in and around Scotland, and helped continue the great dynasty of lighthouse engineering founded by his father.

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Dean Cemetery

The Dean Cemetery is a historically important Victorian cemetery north of the Dean Village, west of Edinburgh city centre, in Scotland.

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Duncansby Head

Duncansby Head (Ceann Dhunngain or Dùn Gasbaith) is the most northeasterly part of the British mainland, including even the famous John o' Groats.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Edinburgh Academy

The Edinburgh Academy is an independent school which was opened in 1824.

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Eilean Trodday

Eilean Trodday is an island in The Minch just off the north coast of the Trotternish peninsula of Skye in Scotland.

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Esha Ness Lighthouse

Eshaness Lighthouse is situated on the Northmavine peninsula in the north-west of the Shetland Islands, Scotland.

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Fair Isle

Fair Isle (IPA: /fɛəraɪ̯l/; Friðarey; Fara) is an island in Shetland, in northern Scotland.

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Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland judges to be "eminently distinguished in their subject".

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Fidra

Fidra (archaically "Fidrey" or " Fetheray") is an uninhabited island in the Firth of Forth, north-west of North Berwick, on the east coast of Scotland.

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Flannan Isles

The Flannan Isles (Na h-Eileanan Flannach) or alternatively, the Seven Hunters are a small island group in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, approximately west of the Isle of Lewis.

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Gazetteer for Scotland

The Gazetteer for Scotland is a gazetteer covering the geography, history and people of Scotland.

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George Chrystal

George Chrystal FRSE FRS(8 March 1851 – 3 November 1911) was a Scottish mathematician.

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Helliar Holm

Helliar Holm is an uninhabited island off the coast of Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland.

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Hoxa, Orkney

Hoxa is a small settlement on the island of South Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands north of mainland Scotland.

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Hyskeir

Hyskeir (Òigh-sgeir) or Heyskeir is a low-lying rocky islet (a skerry) in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland.

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Killantringan Lighthouse

Killantringan Lighthouse is a lighthouse located near Portpatrick in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland.

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Lighthouse

A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.

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Maughold Head

Maughold Head is the easternmost point of the Isle of Man and the closest point in the Isle of Man to England, being from St. Bees Head in Cumbria.

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Neist Point

Neist Point (Rubha na h-Eist) is a viewpoint on the most westerly point of Skye.

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New Town, Edinburgh

The New Town is a central area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.

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Noup Head Lighthouse

Noup Head Lighthouse lies on the north west headland of the isle of Westray, in Orkney, Scotland.

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Peter Tait (physicist)

Peter Guthrie Tait FRSE (28 April 1831 – 4 July 1901) was a Scottish mathematical physicist and early pioneer in thermodynamics.

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Rattray Head

Rattray Head, historically Rattray Point, is a headland in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, on the north-east coast Scotland.

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Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, musician and travel writer.

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Robert Stevenson (civil engineer)

Robert Stevenson, FRSE, FGS, FRAS, FSA Scot, MWS (8 June 1772 – 12 July 1850) was a Scottish civil engineer and famed designer and builder of lighthouses.

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Royal Society of Edinburgh

The Royal Society of Edinburgh is Scotland's national academy of science and letters.

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Rua Reidh Lighthouse

Rua Reidh Lighthouse stands close to the entrance to Loch Ewe in Wester Ross, Scotland.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Stroma, Scotland

Stroma is an island off the northern coast of the mainland of Scotland.

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Sule Skerry

Sule Skerry is a remote skerry in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland.

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Thomas Stevenson

Thomas Stevenson PRSE MInstCE FRSSA FSAScot (22 July 1818 – 8 May 1887) was a pioneering Scottish lighthouse designer and meteorologist, who designed over thirty lighthouses in and around Scotland, as well as the Stevenson screen used in meteorology.

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Tiumpan Head

Tiumpan Head (Scottish Gaelic:Rubha an Tiùmpain or Rudha an Tiùmpain) is the north-eastern end of the Point peninsula on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

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University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh (abbreviated as Edin. in post-nominals), founded in 1582, is the sixth oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's ancient universities.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Alan_Stevenson

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