David Alan Stevenson

Biographical Summary

Stevenson, David Alan. ?-22/12/1971. Ref: 2589. Male.

• Place of Birth: Edinburgh.
• Place of Death: Edinburgh.
• Profession: Lighthouse Engineer, Philatelist.
• Appointments Held: Engineer, Northern Lighthouse Board and Clyde Lighthouse Trust.
• Schools and Tutors: The Edinburgh Academy, 1899-1903.
• Undergraduate Studies: B.Sc (Edinburgh 1912).
• Father: Charles Alexander Stevenson FRSE 1855-1950.
• Other Family: Nephew of David Alan Stevenson FRSE 1885-1938, grand-son of David Stevenson FRSE 1853-85, Greatgrand-son of Robert Stevenson FRSE 1797-1842.
• War Service: 1914-18. Captain, Royal Marine Engineers.
• References: RSE Year Book 1973, 51.
• Memberships: F Inst. CE, FRSGS, Royal Philatelic Society.
• Date of Election: 03/03/1919.
• Proposers: D A Stevenson, William A Tait, James S Pirie, C A Stevenson, Sir T Hudson Beare, Harry Rainy (Candidates List 1919).
• Notes: Born 1891.
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. II. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 883