Editing David Stevenson (engineer) (section)

{{Short description|Scottish lighthouse designer}}
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| name               = David Stevenson
| honorific_suffix   = [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|FRSE]] [[Royal Scottish Society of Arts|FRSSA]] [[Institution of Civil Engineers|MICE]]
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| birth_date         = {{birth date|1815|1|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place        = [[Edinburgh]], Scotland
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1886|7|17|1815|1|11|df=yes}}
| death_place        = [[North Berwick]], Scotland
| nationality        = Scottish
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| alma_mater         = [[University of Edinburgh]]
| occupation         = Lighthouse engineer
| employer           = [[Northern Lighthouse Board]]
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| children           = [[David Alan Stevenson]]<br />[[Charles Alexander Stevenson]]<br />Jane Stevenson
| parents            = [[Robert Stevenson (civil engineer)|Robert Stevenson]] (father)<br />Jean Smith (mother)
| relatives          = [[Thomas Stevenson]] (brother)<br />[[Alan Stevenson]] (brother)<br />[[Robert Louis Stevenson]] (nephew)
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'''David Stevenson''' [[Institution of Civil Engineers|MICE]] [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|FRSE]] [[Royal Scottish Society of Arts|FRSSA]] (11 January 1815 &ndash; 17 July 1886) was a Scottish [[civil engineer]] and [[lighthouse]] designer who designed over 30 lighthouses in and around [[Scotland]], and helped continue the [[dynasty]] of lighthouse engineering founded by his father, [[Robert Stevenson (civil engineer)|Robert Stevenson]].