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Frances Matilda Van de Grift Osbourne Stevenson (10 March 1840 – 18 February 1914) was an American magazine writer. [1] [2] She became a supporter and later the wife of Robert Louis Stevenson, and the mother of Isobel Osbourne, Samuel Lloyd Osbourne, and Hervey Stewart Osbourne. [3] Early life.
Fanny Van De Grift Stevenson (1840-1914) The First Forty Years: Prairies, Pioneers, and Painters. Born Frances Matilda Van de Grift on March 10, 1840 in Indianapolis, Indiana, Fanny was the oldest of six children. Her parents, Jacob and Esther, were both from Philadelphia and were of Swedish and Dutch ancestry.
May 11, 1993 · Providing a clear, accurate picture of the woman behind the genius, an incisive biography of the wife of Robert Louis Stevenson traces Fanny Stevenson's life from her early years in America to her days after his death.
Stevenson, Fanny (1840–1914) Wife and caretaker of Robert Louis Stevenson who defied convention to marry him and is credited with a strong influence on his work. Name variations: Frances Vandegrift or Frances Van de Grift; Frances or Fanny Osbourne. Born Frances Vandegrift in 1840 in Indianapolis, Indiana; died of a stroke in February 1914 in ...
Fanny and Robert Stevenson: Our Samoan Adventure, ed. by Charles Neider (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1956) [Introductory texts by RLS and Fanny Stevenson, including Fanny’s diary from 1890-93.]
Jun 1, 1995 · Perhaps for the first time, Fanny Stevenson has emerged from under the immense shadow of her husband, the author of "Treasure Island" and "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll...
Fanny Stevenson. Fanny Vandegrift was born in Indianapolis, the daughter of builder Jacob Vandegrift, and his wife Esther Thomas Keen. She was something of a tomboy, and had dark curly hair. At the age of seventeen she married Samuel Osbourne, a lieutenant on the State Governor's staff.
Nov 29, 2010 · This is the remarkable story of his wife Fanny, the American woman eleven years his senior who influenced every facet of his life and work, and who remains in her own right one of the most truly independent and free-spirited women of her generation.
A mother of three, Fanny had left her unfaithful husband to come to Europe with her three children to learn how to paint. No greater abyss could have separated the young Stevenson...
Feb 21, 2014 · Both had a strong bohemian bent coupled with an equally pronounced rebellious streak. “Stevenson met his match in Fanny,” says Horan. Plagued by chronic respiratory ailments, Stevenson was a sickly man who spent most of his life chasing the sun, trying to keep one step ahead of his failing health.
