![]() ![]() He began his education as an engineer but, despite his family history, he showed little aptitude and soon switched to studying law. ![]() He actually took up a branch of Christianity called Calvinism as his new religion in college.Īlthough ill with tuberculosis from childhood, Stevenson had a full life. Robert gave up the religion of his parents while studying at the University of Edinburgh, but the teaching that he received as a child continued to influence him. He studied at Edinburgh Academy in his youth. His father was Thomas Stevenson and grandfather was Robert Stevenson, both successful lighthouse engineers, and his mother was Margaret Balfour. Stevenson was born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson in Edinburgh, Scotland. Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson (November 13, 1850- December 3, 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer. ![]()
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