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  • Robert Louis Stevenson was born on this day

    Robert Louis Stevenson was born 164 years ago today in Edinburgh, Scotland. Born into a family of engineers and builders, Stevenson began engineering studies at Edinburgh University before switching to law. Instead of practicing in either field, he pursued literary aspirations in career that spanned nineteen years and crossed a wide range of genres including…