词条 | D. Alan Stevenson |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = D. Alan Stevenson | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1891|02|07}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1971|12|22|1891|02|07}} | death_place = Edinburgh, Scotland | nationality = | other_names = | education = | alma_mater = Edinburgh University | occupation = Architect | employer = Northern Lighthouse Board | organization = | agent = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | influences = | influenced = | home_town = | salary = | net_worth = | height = | weight = | television = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | religion = | denomination = | criminal_charge = | criminal_penalty = | criminal_status = | spouse = Jessie MacLaggan | partner = | children = | parents = Charles Alexander Stevenson (father) Margaret Sherriff (mother) | relatives = | callsign = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | module6 = | website = | footnotes = | box_width = }} David Alan Stevenson FRSE, F.I.C.E., FRSGS (7 February 1891 – 22 December 1971) was a lighthouse engineer from the famous Stevenson lighthouse-builder family[1] and noted amateur philatelist. In 1951, Stevenson was awarded the Crawford Medal by the Royal Philatelic Society London for his work The Triangular Stamps of Cape of Good Hope.[2][3] LifeHe was born at 9 Manor Place[4] on 7 February 1891 the son of Charles Alexander Stevenson and his wife Margaret Sherriff.[5] He was the last of a long line of lighthouse engineers. He was named after his uncle, David Alan Stevenson but was generally called Alan. The family lived at 9 Manor Place in Edinburgh's West End.[6] He was educated at Edinburgh Academy 1899 to 1903, then studied Civil Engineering at Edinburgh University graduating BSc in 1912.[7] In 1911 he was living with his family at 28 Douglas Crescent.[8] In the First World War he served as a Captain in the Royal Marines as an Engineer. His duties included setting guidance lights on the Dardanelles to aid shipping there.[9] In 1919 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Charles Alexander Stevenson (his father), David Alan Stevenson (his uncle), William A. P. Tait, James Simpson Pirie, Sir Thomas Hudson Beare and Harry Rainy.[10] Until 1938 he was an Engineer of the Northern Lighthouse Board and thereafter he spent his life working for the Clyde Lighthouse Trust.[11] His work on the Clyde was pre-empted in 1934 by a commission to deepen the river in order to have capacity to launch the RMS Queen Mary.[12] He died on 22 December 1971 and was buried in the first northern extension to Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh. The grave lies immediately alongside his parents. FamilyHe was married to Jessie MacLaggan (1897–1973) Family TreeAlan's position in the family tree shows his long pedigree as an engineer. {{chart top|Robert Stevenson engineering family tree}}{{chart/start|align=center}}{{chart| | | |TS|~| JS |~|y|~| AS |TS=Thomas Smith (engineer)| JS=Jean Lille Stevenson|AS=Alan Stevenson (merchant)}}{{chart| | | || |!| | | | | |!|}}{{chart| | | |JS|~|~|y|~|~|RS|JS=Joan Smith|RS=Robert Stevenson (civil engineer)}}{{chart| | | | | |,|-|-|+|-|-|.|}}{{chart| | | | GRM | | GRP | | TS | | |GRM=David Stevenson (engineer)|GRP=Alan Stevenson (engineer)|TS=Thomas Stevenson (engineer)}}{{chart| | |,|-|^|-|.| | | | | | |!|}}{{chart| | MUM | | DAD | || |DAISY| | |MUM=Charles Alexander Stevenson (engineer)|DAD=David Alan Stevenson (engineer)|DAISY=Robert Louis Stevenson}}{{chart| ||!|}}{{chart| |DAS|DAS=D. Alan Stevenson (engineer)}}{{chart/end}}{{chart bottom}}Selected publications
References1. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=404094 | title= D Alan Stevenson | work = DSA Architect Biography Report | publisher = Dictionary of Scottish Architects | accessdate=24 January 2013}} 2. ^The Society's medals and honorary fellowship. The Royal Philatelic Society London, 2009, p. 3. 3. ^Who Was Who in British Philately, Association of British Philatelic Societies, 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2013. [https://www.webcitation.org/5zDx9UBpl Archived here.] 4. ^Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1891 5. ^Grave of C A Stevenson, Dean Cemetery 6. ^Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1891-2 7. ^{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}} 8. ^Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1911 9. ^http://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst955.html 10. ^{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}} 11. ^http://www.bellrock.org.uk/stevensons/stevenson_d_alan.htm 12. ^http://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst955.html External links
8 : 1891 births|British philatelists|Philately of South Africa|Fellows of the Royal Philatelic Society London|Scottish architects|1971 deaths|Alumni of the University of Edinburgh|Lighthouse builders |
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