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'''Louis Stevenson''' (31 January 1864 – 19 August 1931) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/scotland/rugby/player/819.html|title=Louis Edgar Stevenson|website=ESPN scrum}}</ref>

==Rugby Union career==

===Amateur career=== Stevenson was schooled at St Peter's School in York, and the Nest Academy in Jedburgh where he studied under Dr. Fyfe,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002162/18840621/046/0002|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> before attending Edinburgh University where he studied medicine.

The Nest Academy or the Wrens Nest was a boarding school which, according to legend, sent its pupils to bathe in the River Jed every morning before lessons.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://jedburgh.org.uk/qr-wrens-nest?link=wrens-nest| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210508054208/https://jedburgh.org.uk/qr-wrens-nest?link=wrens-nest| archive-date = 2021-05-08| title = Jedburgh.org.uk {{!}} Blue Plaques}}</ref>

He played rugby union for Edinburgh University.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mvtfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_rEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4854,5861342|title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>

From Edinburgh University, he moved to Christ's College, Cambridge, where he also played for the Cambridge University rugby union side.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000711/19310820/329/0008|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref>

===Provincial career===

He played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the inter-city match of 1887.<ref name="auto1"/>

He played for East of Scotland District in their match against West of Scotland District in February 1888.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/18880213/263/0004|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref>

===International career===

He was capped just the once for Scotland, in 1888.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/819.html|title=Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Louis Stevenson - Test matches|website=ESPN scrum}}</ref>

==Other sports==

He played cricket at St Peter's School and captained their team. He wrote to the editor of the Yorkshire Gazette in 1883 when they misreported the score of the side.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000266/18830721/039/0009|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref>

==Medical career==

Stevenson became a doctor. He was first the house surgeon of the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle. He became the Assistant doctor to a Dr. Watson's G.P. practice in Temple Sowerby; and on the elder doctor's death he inherited the practice.<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000954/19310828/141/0008|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref>

==Family==

He was a distant relative of Robert Louis Stevenson.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000711/19311125/173/0006|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref>

He was born to James Charles Stevenson and Sarah Hirst Binns. James Charles Stevenson was a barrister at law.<ref name="auto3"/>

Louis Stevenson married Elizabeth Margaret Falder (1859-1902) in 1892 at St. John's Wood in England. They had 2 daughters Gladys Roddam Stevenson and Mary Roddam Stevenson; and 1 son Arthur James Roddam Stevenson.

On Elizabeth's death, Stevenson married Eleanor Walker Jeffares (1868-1964).

==Death==

Stevenson was found dead sitting in his chair in 1931.<ref name="auto"/>

A popular local doctor, when he died his funeral service was delivered by the Bishop of Carlisle, Dr. Williams, at the local Temple Sowerby church, which was reported to be filled to the rafters. The bishop went to the same school as Stevenson. During his dedication he remarked that Stevenson was very popular at school because he was such an athlete.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002296/19321004/062/0004|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref>

His estate was valued at £5793, 4 shillings and 8 pence.<ref name="auto2"/>

==References==

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