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Background

The son of engineer Robert Stevenson, and brother of the lighthouse engineers Alan and Thomas Stevenson, between 1854 and 1880 he designed many lighthouses, all with his brother Thomas. In addition he helped Richard Henry Brunton design lighthouses for Japan, inventing a novel method for allowing them to withstand earthquakes. His sons David Alan Stevenson and Charles Alexander Stevenson continued his work after his death, building nearly thirty further lighthouses. His nephew was Robert Louis Stevenson. People called Robert Stevenson or similar names include: Robert Stevenson (director), film director Robert Stevenson (lighthouse engineer), Scottish lighthouse engineer Robert Stevenson (actor and politician) Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish writer and grandson of the lighthouse engineer Robert Stevenson Robert Stephenson, railway engineer Robert Stevenson (footballer), captain of Woolwich Arsenal and... Alan Stevenson (born 1807, Edinburgh; died 1865) was a lighthouse engineer who was Engineer to the Board of Northern Lighthouses. ... Thomas Stevenson, 1880 Thomas Stevenson (1818-1887) was a lighthouse designer, who designed over thirty lighthouses in and around Scotland, as well as the Stevenson screen used in meteorology. ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Richard Henry Brunton (December 26, 1841 - April 24, 1901) from Scotland was the so-called Father of Japanese lighthouses. He was born in the Coastguard House (now 11 Marine Terrace) at Muchalls, Fetteresso in Kincardineshire. ... Global earthquake epicenters, 1963–1998. ... David Alan Stevenson (born 1854, Edinburgh; died 1938) was a lighthouse engineer who built twenty six lighthouses in and around Scotland. ... Charles Alexander Stevenson (born 1855, Edinburgh; died 1950) was a lighthouse engineer who built twenty three lighthouses in and around Scotland. ... Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson (November 13, 1850 – December 3, 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, a leading representative of Neo-romanticism in English literature. ...

Lighthouses designed by David Stevenson

• Whalsay Skerries (1854)
• Out Skerries (1854)
• Muckle Flugga (1854)
• Davaar (1854)
• Ushenish (1857)
• South Rona (1857)
• Kyleakin (1857)
• Ornsay (1857)
• Sound of Mull (1857)
• Cantick Head (1858)
• Bressay (1858)
• Ruvaal (1859)
• Corran Point (1860)
• Fladda (1860)
• McArthur's Head (1861)
• St Abb's Head (1862)
• Butt of Lewis (1862)
• Holborn Head (1862)
• Monach Islands (1864)
• Skervuile (1865)
• Auskerry (1866)
• Lochindaal (1869)
• Scurdie Ness (1870)
• Stour Head (1870)
• Dubh Artach (1872)
• Turnberry (1873)
• Chicken Rock (1875)
• Lindisfarne (1877, 1880)

The Outer Skerries, often called the Out Skerries or just The Skerries (although this may lead to confusion with the Ve Skerries), are a island group in Shetland, Scotland. ... The Muckle Flugga lighthouse. ... Davaar Island is located in Campbeltown Loch off the east coast of Kintyre, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. ... Rona, sometimes called South Rona to distinguish it from North Rona, is a small island in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, north of Raasay and north east of Skye. ... The village of Kyleakin (Scottish Gaelic: Caol Acain) is situated on the E coast of the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides, opposite the NW Scottish mainland town of Kyle of Lochalsh. ... Bressay ( From Old Norse meaning Broad Sound Island) is one of the Shetland Islands in Scotland, with a population of around 400 people. ... Fladda is one of the Slate Islands, west of Argyll in Scotland. ... St Abbs Head is a rocky promonotory at the village of St. ... The Butt of Lewisis in the area of Ness. ... Holborn Head Lighthouse (58° 36′ 54″ N 03° 32′ 24″ W) is about one kilometre south of Holborn Head point, in Thurso Bay, on the headlands eastern coastline and near Scrabster Harbour. ... The Monach Islands, also known as Heisker (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Heisgeir), are an island group west of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. ... Auskerry is a small island in the east of the Orkney Islands group in Scotland. ... Dubh Artach is a remote skerry off the west coast of Scotland. ... Turnberry is a golf resort on the Atlantic Coast of Scotland. ... This article is about Lindisfarne, England. ...

See also

• Richard Henry Brunton

Richard Henry Brunton (December 26, 1841 - April 24, 1901) from Scotland was the so-called Father of Japanese lighthouses. He was born in the Coastguard House (now 11 Marine Terrace) at Muchalls, Fetteresso in Kincardineshire. ...

External links

• Eilean Bàn - Kyleakin Lighthouse