William Stevenson was born in Strabane, County Tyrone, and was educated at Belfast and Glasgow. In 1860 he was ordained as Presbyterian minister for Rathgar, where a new church was built for him. He travelled extensively as Convenor of Foreign Missions, and in 1882 was appointed Professor of Theology at Edinburgh University. He gained a Doctorate of Divinity and became Senator of the Royal University in 1879. Many of his works on the missions are published. [Biography by Ms Stevenson].

Born:	20 September 1832
Died:	16 September 1886