William Stevenson (1741–1821) was an English publisher and writer.
[1] Stevenson contributed to John Nichols's Literary Anecdotes and to the Gentleman's Magazine.
The antiquary Seth William Stevenson was his son.
[1] In 1812 Stevenson manufactured with his own press a new edition of James Bentham's History of the Church of Ely.
William Stevenson also edited John Campbell's Lives of the British Admirals, updating to 1812 the information contained in it.