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	Robert Louis Stevenson Biography
		Robert Louis Stevenson was born to Thomas and Margaret Isabella Balfour Stevenson in Edinburgh on 13 November 1850.
		Stevenson maintained that his art, his life, and his mode of creation were all in some part derivative of the highly exaggerated and romantic world that he had inherited from Skelt's toy.
		Stevenson detailed his three cruises and adventures in the letters he wrote to his friends, exulting in his newfound health, relating incidents of life on the open sea, and capturing the flavor of life lived away from Western civilization.
	people.brandeis.edu /~teuber/stevensonbio.html (6414 words)

	Robert Louis Stevenson: bio and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Robert stevenson (1772-1850) was a scottish lighthouse engineer and stepson of thomas smith, also a lighthouse engineer....
		Vailima is the name of the last residence of robert louis stevenson and the village where it is situated....
		Treasure island is a novel by robert louis stevenson, first published in one volume in 1883, though it had previously been serialised in a childrens...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/robert_louis_stevenson.htm (2867 words)

	Literary Encyclopedia: Robert Louis Stevenson (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh on 13
		Stevenson never practised law and, much to his father's chagrin, he announced that he wished to be a writer.
		Stevenson's health continued to present difficulties and the years 1881-1882 were taken up with a search for a climate that might prove conducive to his chest condition.
	www.literaryencyclopedia.com /php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5096 (713 words)

	Robert Louis Stevenson
		Fascination with Stevenson's life (the 'Stevenson biography' is almost a minor genre) has tended to eclipse his literary achievement.
		Robert Louis Stevenson, (1850 - 1894), was born in Edinburgh.
		Examines Robert Louis Stevenson's writings in the context of late-Victorian evolutionist thought, arguing that an interest in 'primitive' life is at the heart of his work.
	www.weheartbob.com /robert-louis-stevenson.htm (240 words)

	AllRefer.com - Robert Louis Stevenson (English Literature, 19th Century, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Robert Louis Stevenson 1850–94, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist, b.
		Among Stevenson's other published works are Travels with a Donkey in the CEvennes (1879); The Merry Men (1887); The Black Arrow (1888), a novel; A Footnote to History (1893), a defense of Father Damien; and a novel, The Weir of Hermiston (1896), which, although uncompleted, contains some of Stevenson's finest writing.
		Stevenson's reputation suffered severely after his death : he was considered an overly mannered writer of children's stories.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/StvnsnR.html (578 words)

	Robert Louis Stevenson
		Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson was born in Edinburgh.
		Stevenson changed to law and in 1875 he was called to the Scottish bar.
		Stevenson died of a brain haemorrhage on December 3, 1894, in Vailima.
	www.kirjasto.sci.fi /rlsteven.htm (2375 words)

	John Singer Sargent's Robert Louis Stevenson and His Wife
		Robert Louis Stevenson is pacing and his wife Fanny is seated in background to the right of the door.
		Robert Louis Stevenson and His Wife goes on sale on 19 May, and is expected to sell for between $4-7 million (£2.2-£3.9 million).
		Stevenson, a Scottish novelist and poet famed for his adventure tales Treasure Island and Kidnapped among other writings, was often unwell and retired to Skerryvore on regular occasions to recover from his illnesses.
	www.jssgallery.org /Paintings/Robert_Louis_Stevenson_and_His_Wife.htm (2620 words)

	Tantor Media Audiobooks : Robert Louis Stevenson
		Characteristic of Stevenson's novels is a skillful use of horror and supernatural elements.
		Stevenson studied engineering at Edinburgh University but, due to his ill health, had to abandon his plans to follow in his father's footsteps.
		Stevenson then took some time to travel to warmer countries in an attempt to improve his health.
	www.tantor.com /AuthorDetail.asp?Author=Stevenson_R&Affil=kirjasto.sci.fi (309 words)

	Robert Louis Stevenson
		STEVENSON, Robert Louis Balfour (1850-94), Scottish novelist, essayist, and poet, who contributed several classics to the world of children's literature.
		Stevenson was born on Nov. 13, 1850, in Edinburgh, the son of an engineer, and studied engineering and then law at the University of Edinburgh.
		Since childhood, however, Stevenson's natural inclination had been toward literature; eventually he took up letters seriously, soon making his way into the first rank of contemporaneous writers by the excellence of his style.
	robert-louis-stevenson.classic-literature.co.uk (136 words)

	Robert Louis Stevenson - National Library of Scotland
		Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh’s New Town in 1850.
		During his short life he travelled the world, defied convention, and made himself one of the most famous writers of the 19th century.
		Here we tell Stevenson's story, illustrated with material held in the National Library of Scotland's collections.
	www.nls.uk /rlstevenson (93 words)

	Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894
		The University of South Carolina marked the centenary of Robert Louis Stevenson's death in 1894 with a special exhibition illustrating his life and writing career.
		Drawing on the excellent Stevenson holdings in the University Libraries' Department of Rare Books and Special Collections and on additional items from the G.
		Ross Roy Collection of Scottish Literature, the original exhibit included most of Stevenson's first editions, the early magazine publication of Treasure Island and other adventure stories, and a full range of his travel writings, sensation fiction such as the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
	www.sc.edu /library/spcoll/britlit/rls/rls.html (211 words)

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