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    • George Stephenson (1781 - 1848)

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    Born in Wylam, Northumberland, England
    Ancestors

    Son of Robert Stephenson and Mabel (Carr) Stephenson

    Brother of James Stephenson, Eleanor (Stephenson) Liddle, Robert Stephenson, John Stephenson and Ann Stephenson

    Father of Robert Stephenson and Frances Stephenson

    Died at age 67in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England

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    Biography

    George Stephenson is Notable.

    George Stephenson was born on 9 June 1781, Wylam, Northumberland [1] and christened 22 July 1781 in Ovingham, Northumberland, the second child of Robert Stephenson & Mabel (Mable) Carr.

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    He was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer who built the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use steam locomotives: the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which opened in 1830.

    Renowned as the "Father of Railways", the Victorians considered him a