Robert Louis Stevenson
1850 to 1894
13 documented presences
13 places
Quo Fuit places 13 dated presences for Robert Louis Stevenson across 13 places, from 1857 to 1880. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Robert Louis Stevenson (Louis like Lewis; born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Robert Louis Stevenson was documented, and when
September 1857month
India Streetattested
“In September 1857, when he was six years old, Stevenson went to Mr Henderson's School in India Street, Edinburgh, but because of poor health stayed only a few weeks and did not return until October 1859, aged eight.”
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1863year
Isleworthattested
“In the autumn of 1863, he spent one term at an English boarding school at Spring Grove in Isleworth in Middlesex (now an urban area of West London).”
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1863year
Middlesexattested
“In the autumn of 1863, he spent one term at an English boarding school at Spring Grove in Isleworth in Middlesex (now an urban area of West London).”
source: Wikipedia: Robert Louis Stevenson
November 1867month
University of Edinburghattested
“In November 1867, Stevenson entered the University of Edinburgh to study engineering.”
source: Wikipedia: Robert Louis Stevenson
April 1874month
Franceattested
“He returned in better health in April 1874 and settled down to his studies, but he returned to France several times after that.”
source: Wikipedia: Robert Louis Stevenson
September 1876month
Grez-sur-Loingattested
“The canoe voyage with Simpson brought Stevenson to Grez-sur-Loing in September 1876, where he met Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne (1840–1914), born in Indianapolis in the United States.”
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September 1876month
Indianapolisattested
“The canoe voyage with Simpson brought Stevenson to Grez-sur-Loing in September 1876, where he met Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne (1840–1914), born in Indianapolis in the United States.”
source: Wikipedia: Robert Louis Stevenson
September 1876month
United Statesattested
“The canoe voyage with Simpson brought Stevenson to Grez-sur-Loing in September 1876, where he met Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne (1840–1914), born in Indianapolis in the United States.”
source: Wikipedia: Robert Louis Stevenson
February 1878month
Samoaattested
“In a conciliatory letter to his father in February 1878, the 27-year-old Stevenson wrote: Stevenson did not resume attending church in Scotland but did teach Sunday School during his final years in Samoa, and wrote and led prayers that w…”
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February 1878month
Scotlandattested
“In a conciliatory letter to his father in February 1878, the 27-year-old Stevenson wrote: Stevenson did not resume attending church in Scotland but did teach Sunday School during his final years in Samoa, and wrote and led prayers that w…”
source: Wikipedia: Robert Louis Stevenson
1879year
Monterey, Californiaattested
“The Stevenson House at 530 Houston Street in Monterey, California, formerly the French Hotel, memorialises Stevenson's 1879 stay in "the Old Pacific Capital", as he was crossing the United States to join his future wife, Fanny Osbourne.”
source: Wikipedia: Robert Louis Stevenson
December 1879month
San Franciscoattested
“By December 1879, aged 29, Stevenson had recovered his health enough to continue to San Francisco where he struggled "all alone on forty-five cents a day, and sometimes less, with quantities of hard work and many heavy thoughts," in an e…”
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1880year
Calistoga, Californiaattested
“Robert Louis Stevenson State Park near Calistoga, California, contains the location where he and Fanny spent their honeymoon in 1880.”
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Places Robert Louis Stevenson is documented in
France1 presence · 1874Indianapolis1 presence · 1876San Francisco1 presence · 1879Scotland1 presence · 1878United States1 presence · 1876University of Edinburgh1 presence · 1867
Calistoga, California1 presence · 1880
Grez-sur-Loing1 presence · 1876
India Street1 presence · 1857
Isleworth1 presence · 1863
Middlesex1 presence · 1863
Monterey, California1 presence · 1879
Other places tied to Robert Louis Stevenson in the record
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1850year
West Princes Street Gardensmentioned
“In the West Princes Street Gardens below Edinburgh Castle a simple upright stone is inscribed: "RLS – A Man of Letters 1850–1894" by the sculptor Ian Hamilton Finlay in 1987.”
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October 1861month
Edinburghmentioned
“In October 1861, aged ten, he went to Edinburgh Academy, an independent school for boys, and stayed there sporadically for about fifteen months.”
source: Wikipedia: Robert Louis Stevenson
October 1861month
Edinburgh Academymentioned
“In October 1861, aged ten, he went to Edinburgh Academy, an independent school for boys, and stayed there sporadically for about fifteen months.”
source: Wikipedia: Robert Louis Stevenson
1868year
Anstruthermentioned
“In 1868 this took him to Anstruther and for a stay of six weeks in Wick, Caithness, where his family was building a sea wall and had previously built a lighthouse.”
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1868year
Wick, Caithnessmentioned
“In 1868 this took him to Anstruther and for a stay of six weeks in Wick, Caithness, where his family was building a sea wall and had previously built a lighthouse.”
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1873year
Englandmentioned
“One critic, attempting to reconcile these conflicting indications of Stevenson's spiritual outlook, has suggested that the author was interested only in the language of religion and wished "to evoke a sense of awe and importunity associa…”
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November 1873month
Mentonmentioned
“Stevenson was sent to Menton on the French Riviera in November 1873 to recuperate after his health failed.”
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1875year
Francementioned
“In 1875 she had taken her children to France, where she and Isobel studied art.”
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August 1878month
San Franciscomentioned
“In August 1878 she returned to San Francisco and Stevenson remained in Europe, making the walking trip that formed the basis for Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879).”
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August 1878month
Cévennesmentioned
“In August 1878 she returned to San Francisco and Stevenson remained in Europe, making the walking trip that formed the basis for Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879).”
source: Wikipedia: Robert Louis Stevenson
August 1880month
Liverpoolmentioned
“In August 1880 he sailed with Fanny and Lloyd from New York to Britain and found his parents and his friend Sidney Colvin on the wharf at Liverpool, happy to see him return home.”
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August 1880month
New Yorkmentioned
“In August 1880 he sailed with Fanny and Lloyd from New York to Britain and found his parents and his friend Sidney Colvin on the wharf at Liverpool, happy to see him return home.”
source: Wikipedia: Robert Louis Stevenson
1883year
Bridge of Allanmentioned
“The family also summered in the spa town of Bridge of Allan, in North Berwick, and in Peebles for the sake of Stevenson's and his mother's health; "Stevenson's cave" in Bridge of Allan was reportedly the inspiration for the character Ben…”
source: Wikipedia: Robert Louis Stevenson
1883year
North Berwickmentioned
“The family also summered in the spa town of Bridge of Allan, in North Berwick, and in Peebles for the sake of Stevenson's and his mother's health; "Stevenson's cave" in Bridge of Allan was reportedly the inspiration for the character Ben…”
source: Wikipedia: Robert Louis Stevenson
1883year
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1884year
1884year
1886 to 1893period
1887year
1888year
January 1888month
June 1888month
1889year
Documented at the same place, the same year
W. Somerset MaughamFrance · 1874Joseph ListerUniversity of Edinburgh · 1867Joseph JoachimUniversity of Edinburgh · 1867
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