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Stevenson was born at 8 Howard Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, on 13 November 1850 to Thomas Stevenson (1818–1887), a leading lighthouse engineer, and his wife, Margaret Isabella (born Balfour, 1829–1897). He was christened Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson.
After the marriage of his mother and RLS, Lloyd accompanied the Stevensons on many of their travels, settling with them at Vailima. He and his sister Belle wrote about RLS and their experiences in Samoa in Memories of Vailima (1902). Lloyd also wrote about RLS in An Intimate Portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson (1924).
Nov 4, 2015 · He gifted his birthday to someone. While he was living in the South Seas – where he would die in 1894 – Stevenson discovered that the 12-year-old daughter of Henry Clay Ide, the US Commissioner to Samoa, had her birthday on Christmas Day and disliked this.
Archaeologists Discover Intricately Decorated Coffins Belonging to the Only Daughter of an Ancient Egyptian Governor
The Van de Grift Family. Jacob Van de Grift (Fanny’s father) Nellie Sanchez (Fanny’s youngest sister) Josephine Thomas (Fanny’s sister) Jacob Van de Grift, Jr. (Fanny’s brother) Visit the Museum. RESERVE A TOUR. The Robert Louis Stevenson Museum is open Tuesday – Saturday from 12 to 4 PM. Give to the RSLM. DONATE NOW.
Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850–1894), writer, was born at 8 Howard Place, Edinburgh, on 13 November 1850, the only son of Thomas Stevenson (1818–1887), civil engineer, and his wife, Margaret Isabella Balfour (1829–1897).
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was born November 13, 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland and was the only child of respectable middle-class parents. His father, Thomas, belonged to a family of engineers who had built most of the deep-sea lighthouses around the coast of Scotland.
