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16 Cards in this Set
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When was Robert Lois Stevenson born?
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1850
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Where was he born?
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Edinburgh, Scotland
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Father's occupation:
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engineer who designed lighthouses
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Description of mother:
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daughter of a pastor
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How did he spend his youth?
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sickly, spent much of youth in bed or inside
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What Biblical lessons were he taught?
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understanding of sin, nature of man, and nature of God
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In____ he enrolled at ____ University to become a ____.
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1867
Edinburgh engineer |
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Adopted ____ lifestyle and help poverty stricken friends whenever he could.
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Bohemian
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Stopped engineering; studied____; admitted to ____ in ____but never practiced law.
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law
Scottish Bar 1875 |
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faith:
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agmostic
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Agnostic:
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a person who believes that the human mind cannot know whether there is a God
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Met his wife in____; she was ____ years older(scandalized fam. more); from what country____; married her in ____.
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France
10 America California |
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In what year did he have a nightmare(D.J.M.H.)?
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1885
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Sold_____ in ____ months.
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40,000
6 |
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Traveled with wife; settled in____; died in ____ b/c of____ ____.
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Samoa
1894 cerebral hemorrhage |
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Other well know works and dates:
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Treasure Island-1883
A Child Garden of Verse-1885 Kidnapped-1886 |
