Tour Scotland Photograph James Stevenson Gravestone Gask Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of the James Stevenson gravestone in Gask Parish Churchyard cemetery, Perthshire, Scotland.
James Stevenson of Mossside Parish of Gask who departed this life on 9th October 1856, aged 70.

Famous Stevensons from Scotland include:

Robert Stevenson, born 1772, died 1850, who was a civil engineer, famed for designing and building lighthouses. His first and perhaps most important work was the Bell Rock Lighthouse, where the rock was covered by the sea except at low tide. It was regarded as one of the major engineering feats of the age. Stevenson served for nearly fifty years as engineer to the Northern Lighthouse Board during which time he designed and oversaw the construction and later improvement on 15 lighthouses. He innovated in the choice of light sources, mountings, reflector design, the use of Fresnel lenses, and in rotation and shuttering systems providing lighthouses with individual signatures allowing them to be identified by seafarers. Three of Stevensons sons became engineers: David, Alan, and Thomas; he also had a daughter, who assisted in writing and illustrating an account of the Bell Rock Lighthouse construction.

Robert Louis Stevenson, born 1850, died 1894, who was a grandson of Robert Stevenson of lighthouse fame, was a novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer, often known just by his initials " RLS" . His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.



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