- Born
- October 16, 1803
- Died
- October 12, 1859 (aged 55)
- Known as
- civil engineer, politician, railway engineer, engineer
Robert Stephenson, DCL was an English civil engineer and designer of locomotives. The only son of George Stephenson, the "Father of Railways", he built on the achievements of his father.
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