Frank Kingsley Stevens, civil engineer, was the son of Ernest Frank Stevens and Louisa Harriet Ash. He was married to Lily Julia Danielsen in Cape Town on 14 September 1911. He won the gold medal of the South African Institution of Engineers for the year 1913/4 for his paper 'Irrigation, with special reference to the future of engineering works in South Africa'. He was to have received the medal after replying to the discussion of his paper, but before the date of the meeting he died in the Johannesburg General Hospital following an operation. The medal was therefore presented to his widow. Just before his death the president of the institution had offered a prize of ten guineas for the best suggestions as to how the institution could reach its objectives. Nine sets of suggestions were received, with that submitted by Stevens being judged the best. His widow again accepted the award on his behalf. It is clear that his death was a serious loss to the institution and to the profession.

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British1820 Settlers to South Africa. Transcribed marriage entries for Stevens. Retrieved on 4 November 2020 from https://www.1820settlers.com/genealogy/settlerbrowsemarrs.php?name=STEVENS

Draper, J.R. The engineer's contribution. A history of the South African Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1892-1967. Johannesburg, 1967.

FamilySearch: Frank Kingsley Stevens. https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/GQYK-399

National Automated Archival Information Retrieval System (NAAIRS). http://national.archives.gov.za/naairs.htm Documents relating to Frank Kingsley Stevens. [death notice only]

Compiled by: C. Plug

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