What is Robert Louis Stevenson?
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> |name =Robert Louis Stevenson |image =Robert Louis Stevenson Knox Series.jpg |birth_name =Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson |birth_date =13 November 1850 |birth_place =[[Edinburgh]], Scotland |death_date =3 December 1894 (aged 44) |death_place =[[Vailima]], [[Samoa]] |occupation =[[Writer]] |nationality =[[Scottish people|Scottish]] |period =[[Victorian era]] |notableworks= |spouse =Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne |children =Isobel Osbourne (stepdaughter)<br>Lloyd Osbourne (stepson) |relatives =Thomas Stevenson<br>Margaret Isabella Balfour }} '''Robert Louis Stevenson''' was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He was born on 13 November 1850 and died on 3 December 1894.His parents were Thomas Stevenson, a and Margaret Isabella Balfour. He spent much of his childhood sick in bed with lung trouble. He studied law in Edinburgh University, but later turned his interest to writing. Some of his best known works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll. He is the subject of several literature classes, especially his book KIDNAPPED for children aged 12 to 13 across the globe ==Selected works== *''[[Treasure Island]]'' (1883) *''[[A Child's Garden of Verses]]'' (1885) *''[[The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde]]'' (1886) *''[[Kidnapped (book)|Kidnapped]]'' (1886) *''[[The Black Arrow]]'' (1888) *''[[The Master of Ballantrae]]'' (1889) *''[[Island Nights' Entertainments]]'' (1893) ==References== {{reflist}} https://www.wordreference.com/enfr/these {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stevenson, Robert Louis}} [[Category:Writers from Edinburgh]] [[Category:Deaths from cerebral hemorrhage]] [[Category:1850 births]] [[Category:1894 deaths]]