Fanny Stevenson

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Birthday March 10, 1840

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Birthplace Indiana

DEATH DATE Feb 10, 1914 (73)

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About

Wife of Robert Louis Stevenson who supported and inspired his work.

Before Fame

She was married to a cheating husband in California when Stevenson, after three years of saving up for a trip to see her, proposed to her.

Trivia

20 years after her husband died she traveled the world with a male admirer.

Family Life

Her husband, Robert Louis Stevenson, wrote some of his best works while waiting for her to respond to his proposal.

Associated With

Like Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, she inspired her husband's most beloved works.