He was educated at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Edinburgh School of Law. Stevenson's occupations included poet, essayist, novelist, short story writer, children's writer, and writer[19][1][24][25]. His fields of work were creative and professional writing, prose, travel literature, and travel book[26]. He was influenced by Guy de Maupassant, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Stevenson's notable works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, A Child's Garden of Verses, and Prince Otto. He married Fanny Stevenson in 1880, and they remained together until his death in 1894[22]. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage[27] and was buried at Mount Vaea.
Key Facts
Place of burial: Mount Vaea[11], Grave of Robert Louis Stevenson[12]
Archives at: University of Leeds Libraries[46], Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library[47], Harry Ransom Center[48], University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives[49]
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Robert Louis Stevenson has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] He is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]
He has been cited as an influence by Ernest Hemingway[66], a war correspondent[67], 1899–1961[68], of United States[69], awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature[70], specialised in roman à clef[71]; Arthur Conan Doyle[72], a physician[73], 1859–1930[74], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[75], awarded the Knight of Grace of the Order of Saint John[76], specialised in crime novel[77]; Rudyard Kipling[78], a writer[79], 1865–1936[80], of United Kingdom[81], awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature[82], specialised in literature[83]; Jorge Luis Borges[84], a translator[85], 1899–1986[86], of Argentina[87], awarded the Gran Premio de Honor de la SADE[88]; Donna Tartt[89], a writer[90], b. 1963[91], of United States[92], awarded the Mecca Prize[93], specialised in literary criticism[94]; and Italo Calvino[95], a writer[96], 1923–1985[97], of Italy[98], awarded the Commander of the Legion of Honour[99], specialised in Italian literature[100].
Works attributed to him include Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde[101], Treasure Island[102], Kidnapped[103], Catriona[104], The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses[105], and The Master of Ballantrae[106].
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