2. ather - Thomas Stevenson- joint
engineer
e invented the marine
dynamometer
other - Margaret Balfour
randfather - Britain’s greatest
builders of lighthouses
FAMILY
3. pent much time in bed because of a
mysterious illness that never fully
healed – vivid imagination
aised largely by his nanny, Alison
Cunningham
anted to become an engineer like his
forefathers
composed stories even before he
learned to read
CHILDHOOD
4. ntered the University of
Edinburgh in 1867
hanged to law
urned away from Christianity
and had disputes with his had
parents
as already writing
UNIVERSITY
5. pent much time in warm
destinations to find a cure for his
poor health and sickly complection
aw the world and drew inspiration
and new ideas from his travels for
his books
arried with Fanny Osbourne
TRAVELS
6. etteled in Samoa
he locals called him "Tusitala" or
"Teller of Tales“
ied at home of a stroke on 3
December 1894, his beloved
Fanny by his side
FINAL YEARS
8. ravels With a Donkey in The Cévennes
reasure Island
he Black Arrow
idnapped
atriona
he Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Hyde
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9. n absolute pirate classic
ritten in faultless and elegant
English prose
romoted reading amongst
children
nfluenced the popular
preception of pirates
TREASURE ISLAND