1850 - 1894

Born Edinburgh.

Stevenson's grandfather was Britain's greatest builder of lighthouses.

Since childhood suffered from tuberculosis.

At age sixteen he produced a short historical tale.

In 1867 entered Edinburgh University to study engineering.

Stevenson changed to law and in 1875 he was called to the Scottish bar.

Instead of practicing law, Stevenson devoted himself into writing travel sketches, essays, and short stories for magazines.

Stevenson married Fanny Vandegrift in 1880.

Gained fame with the adventure story "treasure island", which appeared in 1883.

Stevenson's other works are "kidnapped" (1886), "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1886), "the black arrow" (1888), "master of ballantrae" (1889).

Died of a brain haemorrhage on December 3, 1894, in Vailima, Samoa.



Paralumun New Age Village