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Robert Stirling
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1790-10-25 ) 25 October 1790, Methven, Perthshire , Scotland
- Died
- 6 June 1878 (1878-06-06) (aged 87), Galston, East Ayrshire , Scotland
- Alma mater
- University of Edinburgh
- Children
- 7, including Patrick Stirling and James Stirling
- Institutions
- University of Edinburgh , University of Glasgow
- Projects
- Stirling engine
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Methven
- Place of death
- Galston
- Occupation
- cleric
- Educated at
- University of Glasgow
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Presbyterianism
- Image
- Robert Stirling.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1790-10-25
- date of death
- 1878-06-06
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert Stirling (25 October 1790 – 6 June 1878) was a Scottish clergyman and engineer. He invented the Stirling engine and was inducted into the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame in 2014.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Robert Stirling” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.