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Robert Stephenson

1803 - 1859

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Robert Stephenson , DCL (Hon. causa) (16 October 1803 – 12 October 1859) was an English civil engineer and designer of locomotives. The only son of George Stephenson, the "Father of Railways", he built on the achievements of his father. Robert has been called the greatest engineer of the 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Stephenson is the 94th most popular engineer (up from 109th in 2019), the 1,553rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,466th in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Robert Stephenson ranks 94 out of 389. Before him are Jack Swigert, Charles Rolls, Vannevar Bush, Patrick Head, Karl von Terzaghi, and Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt. After him are George Cayley, Donald Wills Douglas Sr., Vasily Degtyaryov, Paul Cornu, Hans Ledwinka, and Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1803, Robert Stephenson ranks 24. Before him are Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony, James Brooke, Jacques Charles François Sturm, Ferenc Deák, Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, and C. L. Gloger. After him are Friedrich von Amerling, Muhammad IV of Morocco, John Ericsson, Karl Gützlaff, Peter Chanel, and Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff. Among people deceased in 1859, Robert Stephenson ranks 28. Before him are Nana Sahib, Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Louis Poinsot, Carl Adolph Agardh, John Austin, and Tatya Tope. After him are Abd al-Rahman of Morocco, Joseph Diez Gergonne, Yoshida Shōin, Alfred Vail, Zygmunt Krasiński, and Karl Baedeker.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Stephenson ranks 1,553 out of 8,785. Before him are Herbert Chapman (1878), Jeremy Hunt (1966), Jack Butler Yeats (1871), Robert Adam (1728), Havelock Ellis (1859), and Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623). After him are Jack Bruce (1943), George Cayley (1773), Guy Pearce (1967), Warren Hastings (1732), Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565), and Edward Lear (1812).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, Robert Stephenson ranks 13. Before him are Colin Chapman (1928), Charles George Gordon (1833), Adrian Newey (1958), Henry Royce (1863), Charles Rolls (1877), and Patrick Head (1946). After him are George Cayley (1773), Alexander Cunningham (1814), W. Ross Ashby (1903), John Loudon McAdam (1756), John Scott Russell (1808), and John Bagot Glubb (1897).

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