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Robert Louis Stevenson
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Who Was Robert Louis Stevenson?
Novelist Robert Louis Stevenson traveled often, and his global wanderings lent themselves well to his brand of fiction.
Stevenson developed a desire to write early in life, having no interest in the family business of lighthouse engineering.
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He was often abroad, usually for health reasons, and his journeys led to some of his early literary works. Publishing his first volume at the age of 28, Stevenson became a literary celebrity during his life when works such as Treasure Island, Kidnapped and Strange Case of Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde were released to eager audiences.
Early Life
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on November 13, , to Thomas and Margaret Stevenson. Lighthouse design was his father's and his family's profession, and so at the age 17, Stevenson enrolled at Edinburgh University to study engineering, with the goal of following his father in the family business.
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