Louis Stevenson
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| Birth name | Louis Edgar Stevenson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 31 January 1864 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Jedburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 19 August 1931 (aged 67) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Temple Sowerby, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Louis Stevenson (31 January 1864 – 19 August 1931) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Amateur career
Stevenson was schooled at St Peter's School in York, and the Nest Academy in Jedburgh where he studied under Dr. Fyfe,[2] 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.[3]
He played rugby union for Edinburgh University.[4]
From Edinburgh University, he moved to Christ's College, Cambridge, where he also played for the Cambridge University rugby union side.[5]
Provincial career
He played for Edinburgh District against Glasgow District in the inter-city match of 1887.[4]
He played for East of Scotland District in their match against West of Scotland District in February 1888.[6]
International career
He was capped just the once for Scotland, in 1888.[7]
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.[8]
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.[9]
