Robert Stephenson

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British person civil engineer human mechanical engineer railway engineer

Robert Stephenson was a pioneering 19th-century English railway and civil engineer renowned for his work on early steam locomotives and major railway bridges.

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Label	Occurrences
Robert Stephenson canonical	24
pioneering railway engineer Robert Stephenson	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British person ⓘ civil engineer ⓘ human ⓘ mechanical engineer ⓘ railway engineer ⓘ
birthDate	1803-10-16 ⓘ
birthPlace	Hebburn-on-Tyne, England ⓘ surface form: Willington Quay, Northumberland, England
burialPlace	Westminster Abbey, London ⓘ surface form: Westminster Abbey
coFounded	Robert Stephenson and Company ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate	1859-10-12 ⓘ
deathPlace	London, England ⓘ
designed	Britannia Bridge ⓘ Conwy Suspension Bridge ⓘ surface form: Conwy Railway Bridge High Level Bridge ⓘ Royal Border Bridge, Berwick-upon-Tweed ⓘ surface form: Royal Border Bridge
educatedAt	Bruce’s Academy, Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ University of Edinburgh ⓘ
electedIn	1847 ⓘ
employer	Robert Stephenson and Company ⓘ
era	19th century ⓘ
familyName	Stephenson ⓘ
father	George Stephenson ⓘ
fieldOfWork	civil engineering ⓘ mechanical engineering ⓘ railway engineering ⓘ
fullName	Robert Stephenson self-link ⓘ
givenName	Robert ⓘ
hasWorkLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
influencedBy	George Stephenson ⓘ
knownFor	design of major railway bridges ⓘ development of early steam locomotives ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	Institution of Civil Engineers ⓘ
mother	Frances Henderson ⓘ
nationality	English ⓘ
notableAchievement	pioneering tubular wrought-iron bridge design ⓘ
notableWork	Britannia Bridge, Menai Strait ⓘ Conwy Suspension Bridge ⓘ surface form: Conwy Railway Bridge High Level Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ London and Birmingham Railway ⓘ Royal Border Bridge, Berwick-upon-Tweed ⓘ Stephenson's Rocket ⓘ surface form: steam locomotive Rocket
parliamentaryConstituency	Whitby ⓘ
positionHeld	Member of Parliament for Whitby ⓘ President of the Institution of Civil Engineers ⓘ chief engineer of the London and Birmingham Railway ⓘ
workedOn	Liverpool and Manchester Railway ⓘ London and Birmingham Railway ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

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George Stephenson → hasChild → Robert Stephenson ⓘ

George Stephenson → hasRelative → Robert Stephenson ⓘ

Manchester and Birmingham Railway → notableEngineer → Robert Stephenson ⓘ

Liverpool and Manchester Railway → associatedWith → Robert Stephenson ⓘ

The Rocket → designer → Robert Stephenson ⓘ

Stephenson's Rocket → designer → Robert Stephenson ⓘ

Robert Stephenson → fullName → Robert Stephenson self-link ⓘ

Hoved Line → designedBy → Robert Stephenson ⓘ

Britannia Bridge → designer → Robert Stephenson ⓘ

Britannia Bridge → engineer → Robert Stephenson ⓘ

York and North Midland Railway → associatedWith → Robert Stephenson ⓘ

London and Birmingham Railway → designedBy → Robert Stephenson ⓘ

London and Birmingham Railway → chiefEngineer → Robert Stephenson ⓘ

Rainhill Trials → winningDesigner → Robert Stephenson ⓘ

Robert Stephenson and Company → foundedBy → Robert Stephenson ⓘ

Robert Stephenson and Company → hasKeyPerson → Robert Stephenson ⓘ

Stephenson → hasChild → Robert Stephenson ⓘ

subject surface form: George Stephenson

Stephenson → hasNotableBearer → Robert Stephenson ⓘ

Frances Henderson → child → Robert Stephenson ⓘ

Frances Henderson → notableRelative → Robert Stephenson ⓘ

Bruce’s Academy, Newcastle upon Tyne → notableStudent → Robert Stephenson ⓘ

Bruce’s Academy, Newcastle upon Tyne → notableAlumnus → Robert Stephenson ⓘ

this entity surface form: pioneering railway engineer Robert Stephenson

High Level Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne → designer → Robert Stephenson ⓘ

Britannia Bridge, Menai Strait → designer → Robert Stephenson ⓘ

High Level Bridge → architect → Robert Stephenson ⓘ