Robert Stephenson ( 1803 - 1859 )

Birth: Willington Quay, near Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England (16 October 1803) Death: 34 Gloucester Square, London (12 October 1859) Burial: Westminster Abbey Profession: Civil engineer Education: Newcastle, apprenticed to Nicholas Wood, Killingworth Colliery Career: Assisted his father in surveying Stockton and Darlington Railway; managed his father's locomotive factory; engineer to the London and Birmingham Railway (1833); built high level bridge in Newcastle (1845); built Britannia Bridge, Menai Straits (opened 1850); built Victoria Bridge, St Lawrence River, Montreal (1854-1859); MP for Whitby (1847-1859) Memberships: MICE; FGS Membership: Fellow Election Date: 7/06/1849.