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George Stephenson
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 176 years ago |
Date of birth | June 9,1781 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Born | Wylam |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | August 12,1848 |
Died | Tapton House |
Spouse | Ellen Gregory |
Elizabeth Hindmarsh | |
Frances Henderson | |
Nationality | English |
British | |
Siblings | Eleanor Stephenson |
Robert Stephenson | |
Ann Stephenson | |
Children | Robert Stephenson |
Job | Inventor |
Civil engineer | |
Mechanical engineer | |
Books | Estimating: A Method of Pricing Builders' Quantities for Competitive Work |
Estimating: By a Practical Estimator [g. Stephenson. the Title-Leaf Is a Cancel] | |
Proceedings of the Committee of the House of Commons on the Liverpool and Manchester Railroad Bill: Sessions, 1825 | |
A Description of the Safety Lamp, Invented by George Stephenson. to Which Is Added, an Account of the Lamp Constructed by Sir H. Davy. [With] a Collection of All the Letters Which Have Appeared in the Newcastle Papers, with Other Documents, Relating to Th | |
An Address Delivered to the Second Battalion of the Royal Lancashire Supplementary Militia, in Sunderland Barracks, in the County of Durham, on Friday the 20th Day of July, 1798 | |
Repairs, how to Measure and Value Them: A Handbook for the Use of Builders, Decorators, Etc | |
Parents | Mabel Stephenson |
Robert Stephenson | |
Place of burial | Holy Trinity Church, Chesterfield, United Kingdom |
Rest place | Holy Trinity Church, Chesterfield |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 427991 |
George Stephenson Life story
George Stephenson was a British civil engineer and mechanical engineer during the Industrial Revolution. Renowned as the "Father of Railways", Stephenson was considered by the Victorians as a great example of diligent application and thirst for improvement.