Stephenson
Americannoun
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George, 1781–1848, English inventor and engineer.
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his son Robert, 1803–59, English engineer.
noun
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George. 1781–1848, British inventor of the first successful steam locomotive (1814); constructed the first railway line to carry passengers, the Stockton and Darlington Railway (opened 1825)
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his son, Robert. 1803–59, British engineer, noted for his construction of railway bridges and viaducts, esp the tubular bridge over the Menai Strait
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George's mother, Victoria Stephenson, also read out a statement, in which she described how the family were unable to celebrate his 18th birthday.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
Drew Stephenson, a European Pokémon TCG finalist, is a good example of this.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
Boyd Stephenson, who runs retailer Game Kastle in Maryland, told AFP he was "very excited to hear that the tariffs have been struck down."
From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026
So this summer they put him down by lethal injection, according to Tom Stephenson, who leads the Sierra Nevada bighorn recovery program for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025
The valves of the high-pressure and intermediate cylinders were of the piston type, and the low-pressure cylinder had double-ported slide valves, fitted with Stephenson link motion.
From Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' by Government, British
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