Robert Louis Stevenson

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Robert Louis Stevensonas a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Kidnapped and A Child’s Garden of Verses.
Born and educated in Edinburgh, Stevenson suffered from serious bronchial trouble for much of his life, but continued to write prolifically and travel widely in defiance of his poor health. As a young man, he mixed in London literary circles, receiving encouragement from Andrew Lang, Edmund Gosse, Leslie Stephen and W. E. Henley, the last of whom may have provided the model for Long John Silver in Treasure Island. In 1890, he settled in Samoa where, alarmed at increasing European and American influence in the South Sea islands, his writing turned away from romance and adventure fiction toward a darker realism. He died in his island home in 1894 at age 44

NAME OF  SITEDESCRIPTIONCITYSTATE/COUNTRY
BIRTHPLACEPRIVATE HOUSE – 8 HOWARD PLACEEDINBURGHSCOTLAND
HIGH SCHOOLHENDERSON SCHOOLEDINBURGHSCOTLAND
HIGH SCHOOLEDINBURGH ACADEMYEDINBURGHSCOTLAND
ALMA MATERUNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGHEDINBURGHSCOTLAND
MUSEUMROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON MUSEUMST HELENACA
MUSEUMJACK LONDON HISTORIC SITEGLEN ELLENCA
MUSEUMWRITERS MUSEUMEDINBURGHSCOTLAND
MONTEREYROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON HOUSE – 530 HOUSTON STREETMONTEREYCA
DEATHPLACEHOUSEVAILIMASAMOA
BURIAL PLACESTEVENSON FAMILY ESTATE GROUNDSVAILIMASAMOA
MONUMENTST GILES CATHEDRALEDINBURGHSCOTLAND
STATUEOUTSIDE COLINTIN PARISH CHURCHEDINBURGHSCOTLAND
HONORROBERT LOUIS STEVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLST HELENACA
HONORROBERT LOUIS STEVEN MIDDLE SCHOOLPEBBLE BEACHCA