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.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British person → civil engineer → human → mechanical engineer → railway engineer →
birthDate	1803-10-16 →
birthPlace	Willington Quay, Northumberland, England →
burialPlace	Westminster Abbey →
coFounded	Robert Stephenson and Company →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
deathDate	1859-10-12 →
deathPlace	London, England →
designed	Britannia Bridge → Conwy Railway Bridge → High Level Bridge → Royal Border Bridge NERFINISHED →
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 →
givenName	Robert →
hasWorkLocation	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 Railway Bridge → High Level Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne → London and Birmingham Railway → Royal Border Bridge, Berwick-upon-Tweed → 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 (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Stephenson's Rocket → The Rocket →	designer
Liverpool and Manchester Railway →	associatedWith
Robert Stephenson →	fullName
George Stephenson →	hasChild
George Stephenson →	hasRelative
Manchester and Birmingham Railway →	notableEngineer