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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]
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.
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.
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.
Nov 13, 2013 · Contrary to the situation pictured by Sargent, Fanny was an immensely formative force in Stevenson’s life. She was nearly as close to his work as he was, his first reader, his conscience, his antagonist.
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.
Jun 1, 1995 · Fanny's saga of passion did not end with Stevenson's death. Back in San Francisco and still only 56, she became involved with a man half her age, the humorist Gelett Burgess ("I never saw a...
May 7, 1995 · Married for the first time at 16, Fanny was 23 when she embarked upon the first of many daring solo journeys, traveling from her family home in Indiana via train, ship and stagecoach to join...
Nov 29, 2010 · Fanny Stevenson : a romance of destiny. First published in France where it caused a literary sensation and became an instant bestseller, this is Alexandra Lapierre's celebrated, award-winning biography of Robert Louis Stevenson's wife.
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.
