Occupation Architect Grandparents David Stevenson | Name D. Stevenson | |
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Born 7 February 1891 ( 1891-02-07 ) Relatives David Stevenson (grandfather) Parents Charles Alexander Stevenson | ||
Great-grandparents Robert Stevenson | ||
David Alan Stevenson FRSE, F.I.C.E., FRSGS (7 February 1891 – 22 December 1971) was a lighthouse engineer from the famous Stevenson lighthouse-builder family and noted amateur philatelist.
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In 1951, Stevenson was awarded the Crawford Medal by the Royal Philatelic Society London for his work The Triangular Stamps of Cape of Good Hope.
Life
He was born on 7 February 1891 the son of Charles Alexander Stevenson into a long line of lighthouse engineers. He was named after his uncle, David Alan Stevenson but was generally called Alan. The family lived at 9 Manor Place in Edinburgh's West End. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy 1865 to 1870, then studied Civil Engineering at Edinburgh University graduating BSc in 1875.
In the First World War he served in the Royal Marines as an Engineer. In 1919 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Charles Alexander Stevenson (his father), David Alan Stevenson (his uncle), William A. P. Tait, James Simpson Pirie, Sir Thomas Hudson Beare and Harry Rainy.
He died on 22 December 1971 and was buried in the first northern extension to Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh. The grave lies immediately alongside his parents.
Family
He was married to Jessie MacLaggan (1897-1973)