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Robert Louis Stevenson
Born November 13, 1850 Edinburgh's New Town. Died December 3, 1894
Samoan island in the Pacific.
 Robert
Louis Stevenson was born to Thomas and Margaret Isabella Balfour
Stevenson in Edinburgh on 13 November 1850. From the beginning he
was very ill, and was attended by his faithful nurse, Alison
Cunningham, known as Cummy.
Cummy told Robert morbid stories about the Scots Presbyterian
martyrs, known as the Covenanters, penny-serial novels and Bible
stories.
Notes:James VI of Scotland (James I of England) was opposed by the
Covenanters in his attempt to bring the Anglican Church into
Scotland.
As he grew up, Stevenson rebelled against the conventions of middle
class society. He changed the spelling of his name from 'Lewis' to
the French form, 'Louis', and, wearing his famous velvet coat, he
explored all aspects of the life which the city of Edinburgh
presented.
Stevenson's health declined in 1884, and his parents persuaded him
to return from the Continent. He settled in Bournemouth, there, he
began work on Kidnapped, This work was suddenly interrupted by a
dream, which was to become The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr
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