Robert Stephenson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Robert Stephenson
Occupation	Engineer
Date Of Birth	Oct 16, 1803(1803-10-16)
Age	221
Date Of Death	Oct 12, 1859 (55 age)
Birthplace	England
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Libra

Robert Stephenson Biography

Robert Stephenson is one of the most popular and richest Engineer who was born on October 16, 1803 in England, England, United Kingdom. Railway pioneer who is widely considered one of the most important engineers of the nineteenth century. He was President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and Institution of Civil Engineers.

He and Isambard Kingdom Brunel are both famous railway engineers.

His father is George Stephenson, who built the first public railway for steam engines.

Robert Stephenson Net Worth

Robert Stephenson is one of the richest Engineer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Robert Stephenson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He attended Edinburgh University and worked as a mining engineer in Colombia for three years.

He designed Montreal’s Victoria Bridge, which became the longest bridge in the world.

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Facts & Trivia

Robert Ranked on the list of most popular Engineer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Robert Stephenson celebrates birthday on October 16 of every year.

What did Robert Stephenson invent?

When he returned his father was building the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, and Robert developed the steam locomotive Rocket that won the Rainhill Trials in 1829.

Why was Robert Stephenson a great inventor of the Industrial Revolution?

In 1835 he established a shipbuilding yard at Millwall, London, where he constructed several hundred vessels. In 1844 he introduced the Lancashire boiler with twin flues. He was the first to use wrought iron for ship hulls, bridges, mill shafting, and structural beams.

Did Robert Louis Stevenson invent the steam train?

Not to be confused with the Englishman Robert Stephenson (1803-59) who worked on the design of the early steam locomotive , this Robert Stevenson (1772-1850) was a native of Scotland who studied at Anderson Institute, Glasgow, and at Edinburgh, where he lived and died.

Who is called the father of system locomotive?

By 1830 Stephenson’s new locomotive, the Rocket, which could achieve a speed of 36 miles per hour, was operating on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in Lancashire with other ‘iron horses’ built in the factory he had now opened in Newcastle. The railway age had begun and George Stephenson was its guiding spirit.

Who created the first train?

Richard Trevithick