Engineer George Stephenson

George Stephenson

Living place: England

Birthday: 9-6-1781

Global rank: #39143

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Who is Engineer George Stephenson?
Famous for building the Liverpool and Manchester railways, which were the first publicly available, historically operational steam urban rail systems, this English engineer is also remembered for his development of standards. of the world 4'8.5" railway gauge.
In the early 21st century, George Stephenson's College was dedicated to him.
 
 

Young / Before famous

In his late teens, he learned to read by taking night classes and working by day as a railroad engineer.

Family life info

The son of illiterate parents Mabel and Robert Stephenson, he spent his youth in Wylam, Northumberland, England. After their marriage in 1802, he and his wife, Frances Henderson, welcomed a son named Robert. More than a decade after his first wife died of tuberculosis, he married Betty Hindmarsh.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Engineer George Stephenson?
During the second decade of the nineteenth century, Stephenson and Humphry Davy both invented safety lights to used in mines.

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When was Engineer George Stephenson born?
George Stephenson was born in 9-6-1781, death year is , at the age of 243.
Where is Engineer George Stephenson's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
George Stephenson was born in England. is a Engineer, whose Zodiac is Gemini, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Ox. George Stephenson's global rank is 39143 and whose rank is 11 in list of famous Engineer.
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Events in 1781 and 9-6

Birthday George Stephenson (9-6) in history

  • Day 9-6 year 1870: Author Charles Dickens died.
  • Day 9-6 year 1898: China agreed to lease Hong Kong to Britain for 99 years.
  • Day 9-6 year 1934: Donald Duck made his screen debut in The Wise Little Hen.
  • Day 9-6 year 1944: The Republic of Iceland was established.
  • Day 9-6 year 1973: Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes and became the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years.
  • Day 9-6 year 1978: After 148 years, the leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints finally allowed black men to become priests.
  • Day 9-6 year 1993: Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito married commoner Masako Owada.
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