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Stevenson was born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of Thomas Stevenson, a successful engineer, and Margaret Balfour. They were both very religious. Robert gave up the religion of his parents while in his university years, but the teaching that he received as a child continued to influence him.
Although ill with tuberculosis from childhood, Stevenson had a full life. He began his education as an engineer (and his lighthouse designs were much praised). At the age of 18 he dropped the name Balfour and changed his middle name from Lewis to Louis (but retaining the original pronunciation); from this time on he began styling himself "RLS". He turned to the law because of poor health, but he never practised. He ended as a tribal leader (called by his tribe Tusitala) and plantation owner at his residence " Vailima" in Samoa, all this in addition to his literary career.
Stevenson's novels of adventure, romance, and horror are of considerable psychological depth and have continued in popularity long after his death, both as books and as filmsFor other uses see film (disambiguation Film — also called movies the cinema the silver screen moving pictures motion pictures photoplays picture shows and flicks — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of the entertainment.
His wife Fanny (née Osbourne) was a great support in his adventurous and arduous life.
Stevenson made several trips to the Kingdom of HawaiiThe Kingdom of Hawai‘i was established in 1810 upon the unification of the smaller independent chiefdoms of O‘ahu, Maui, Moloka‘i, Lna‘i and the Big Island of Hawai‘i through swift and bloody battles, led by a warrior chief who later would be immortalized and became a good friend of King David Kalakaua with whom Stevenson spent much time. Stevenson also became best friends with the king's niece Princess Victoria KaiulaniVictoria Ka‘iulani formally Victoria Kawekiu Lunalilo Kalaninuiahilapalapa Ka‘iulani Cleghorn ( October 16, 1875 March 6, 1899), was heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawai‘i and held the title of crown princess. Ka‘iulani became known throughout the w, also of Scottish heritage. Since the tragic deaths of both Stevenson and Kaiulani, historians have debated the true nature of their relationship as to whether or not they had romantic feelings for each other. Because of the age difference, such stories have often been discredited. In 18881888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). In Germany, 1888 is known as the 1888 Year of Three Emperors. Events January 3 91cm telescope first used at Lick Observatory January 12 ? Blizzards in Dakota and Montana, Minnesota, Nebr, Stevenson travelled to the island of MolokaiMoloka‘i (usually spelled outside Hawai‘i as Molokai is the fifth largest island of the Hawaiian archipelago. The island is 38 by 10 miles (61 by 16 km), with a land area of 261 mile² (676 km²). It lies east of O‘ahu across the 25 mile (40 km) wide, Ka-iw just weeks after the death of Father Damienlepers, outcasts, those with HIV/ AIDS and the State of Hawaii. Having been beatified in 1995, Father Damien is awaiting formal approval for sainthood. Father Damien formally Joseph de Veuster, ss. and Blessed Damien of Molokai ( January 3, 1840 April 15,. He spent twelve days at the missionary priest's residence, Bishop Home at Kalawao . Stevenson taught the local girls to play croquetThis article is about the game. For the Dutch delicatesse see: Croquet (food). Croquet is a recreational game and, latterly, a competitive sport that involves hitting wooden or plastic balls with a mallet through hoops embedded into the grass playing aren. When Congregationalist and Presbyterian ministers began to incite slander against Father Damien out of spite for his Catholicism, Stevenson wrote one of his most famous essays in defense of the life and work of the missionary priest.
Stevenson died of a brain haemorrhage in Vailima in Samoa, aged 44.