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Robert Louis Stevenson

Also known as Robert Luis Stivensoni, Shih-ti-wen-sheng, Stivenson, Robert Loui Sitivensin, Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson, Robert Lui Stivenson, RL Stivenson, RL Stevenson

Scottish novelist and poet (1850-1894)

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Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish poet, essayist, novelist, and short story writer born in Edinburgh in 1850. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh and began his work period in 1866. His notable works include *Treasure Island*, *Kidnapped*, *Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde*, and *A Child's Garden of Verses*. He wrote in the genres of Gothic literature and adventure fiction.

Stevenson was influenced by Guy de Maupassant, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. He was married to Fanny Stevenson and was the son of Thomas Stevenson. He died in Vailima in 1894 and is buried at Mount Vaea. His archives are held at the Harry Ransom Center. He is described by sources including the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary* and the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 13 November 1850
Died: 3 December 1894
Works: 8299

Top works

Løyndomen
A Causa Secreta
The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with other fables
The black arrow
Treasure island

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Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks among the 30 most translated authors in the world, just below Charles Dickens. He has been greatly admired by…

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1850
Active to: 1894

_consistencyaudio dramaaudiobook

Discography

Die Schatzinsel1969
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde1995
Die Schatzinsel2013
Die Schatzinsel2013

Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 4,137
Total plays: 96,104

Authority record · VIAF

Lifespan: 1850–1894
Nationality: GB, WS, IT, GBR
Role / Field: Writer, Travel writers, Poets, Poetas, Novelists, Proza
Language: eng
Gender: Male

Recorded by 44 libraries

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Family name: Stevenson
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Edinburgh
Place of death: Vailima
Spouse: Fanny Stevenson
Father: Thomas Stevenson
Occupation: songwriter
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Religion: Presbyterianism
Notable work: Prince Otto
Student of: Philip Kelland
Field of work: poetry
Genre: adventure fiction
Image: Robert Louis Stevenson 1885.jpg
Residence: Samoan Islands

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Commons category: Robert Louis Stevenson
date of birth: 1850-11-13
date of death: 1894-12-03
topic's main category: Category:Robert Louis Stevenson
Commons Creator page: Robert Louis Stevenson
Commons gallery: Robert Louis Stevenson
birth name: Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson
name in native language: Robert Louis Stevenson
start of work period: 1866-00-00
influenced by: Nathaniel Hawthorne
ethnic group: Scottish people
cause of death: cerebral hemorrhage
end of work period: 1894-00-00
manner of death: natural causes
writing language: English language
relative: D. E. Stevenson
different from: Robert Stevenson
has works in the collection: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
P8168: Louis Georges Érasme de Contades
P12674: Gasteracantha cancriformis
P12749: Oeschgen

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Robert Louis Stevenson, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Robert Louis Stevenson (Louis /ˈluːɪs/ like Lewis; born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for the novels Treasure Island (1883), Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), and Kidnapped (1886) and for the poetry collection A Child's Garden of Verses (1885).

Born and educated in Edinburgh, Stevenson suffered from serious bronchial trouble for much of his life but managed to write prolifically and travel widely despite his poor health. As a young man, he mixed in London literary circles, receiving encouragement from Sidney Colvin, 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 from romance and adventure fiction toward a darker realism. He died of a stroke in his island home in 1894 at age 44.

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