Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson
Born	Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson 13 November 1850 Edinburgh, Scotland
Died	3 December 1894 (aged 44) Vailima, Samoa
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Scottish
Period	Victorian era
Spouse(s)	Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne
Children	Isobel Osbourne (stepdaughter) Lloyd Osbourne (stepson)
Relative(s)	Thomas Stevenson Margaret Isabella Balfour

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (Edinburgh, 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish writer. He wrote 13 novels. He also wrote short stories, poems, and travel books.

Stevenson is known for his books, Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. In 1857 Stevenson went to a school called Mr Henderson's School in India Street, Edinburgh. When poor health stopped him going to school, he had private tutors teaching him.

Selected works

• Treasure Island (1883)
• A Child's Garden of Verses (1885)
• The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886)
• Kidnapped (1886)
• The Black Arrow (1888)
• The Master of Ballantrae (1889)
• Island Nights' Entertainments (1893)