Memorials To Stevenson
Stevenson College, Edinburgh was founded in 1970, and was named after Robert Stevenson. For at least some of his life Robert Stevenson lived at 1 Baxter's Place, Edinburgh, a building that is now called Robert Stevenson House in his memory.
Bella Bathurst wrote a biographical account of the professional accomplishments of Stevenson and his sons in The Lighthouse Stevensons (Harper Collins Publishers, 1999, ISBN 0-06-019427-8).
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