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Robert Stevenson (8 June 1772-12 July 1850) was a Scottish civil engineer and famed designer and builder of lighthouses.
Robert Stevenson (March 31 1905-November 4 1986) was an English film writer and director. Born in Buxton, Derbyshire, he moved to California in the 1940s and ended up directing 19 films for The Walt Disney Company in the 1960s and 1970s. Today, Stevenson is best remembered for directing the Julie Andrews musical Mary Poppins, for which Andrews won the Academy Award for Best Actress and Stevenson received an Oscar nomination as Best Director.
Robert "Bob" Stevenson (b: Barrhead, Scotland, 1869. d: ? ) was a Scottish footballer, a versatile full and half back who could also play at centre forward.
Stevenson first played for Third Lanark, before joining Woolwich Arsenal in May 1894. He spent a single season with the Reds, playing at half-back for the first seven Second Division matches of the season, before being dropped. He was released by Woolwich Arsenal in March 1895 and joined Old Castle Swifts F.C.. They soon folded and Stevenson returned to Scotland, before being called up to play for the newly established Thames Ironworks F.C. team, who later went on to become West Ham United.
He was instantly installed as their first ever club captain, and Stevenson went on to play for "The Irons" for a season and a half. On his influence as a player for both Woolwich Arsenal and Thames Ironworks, this is written: Halfway during The Irons' second campaign of 1896-97 Stevenson once again returned to Scotland, joining Arthurlie.
Robert L. Stevenson was a college men's basketball coach. He was the first head coach of the DePaul University men's basketball team. Serving from 1923 to 1924, he guided them to an 8-6 record.
Father of Venetia Stevenson.
Former journalist.
Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945." Pages 1057-1063. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.
Studied at St John's College, University of Cambridge, England and was elected as President of the renowned Cambridge Union Society for the Easter Term, 1928.
Is the only director to be nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for directing a Disney movie.




