Robert Louis Stevenson The Samoans insisted on surrounding his body with a watch-guard during the night and on bearing him on their shoulders to nearby Mount Vaea, where they buried him on a spot overlooking the sea on land donated by British Acting Vice Consul Thomas Trood. Stevenson had always wanted his Requiem inscribed on his tomb: Stevenson was loved by the Samoans, and his tombstone epigraph was translated to a Samoan song of grief. Half of Stevenson's original manuscripts are lost, including those of "Treasure Island", "The Black Arrow," and "The Master of Ballantrae". His heirs sold his papers during World War
Robert Stevenson and Peggy Stevenson Robert Stevenson and Peggy Stevenson Robert J. Stevenson (1915–1975) and Peggy Stevenson were a husband and wife who served consecutive terms totaling sixteen years in representation of the Hollywood-Silver Lake-Highland Park area on the Los Angeles City Council—Robert between 1969 and 1975 and Peggy, after his death, between 1975 and 1985. Robert Stevenson was also a TV and film actor with approximately 133 credits. He was sometimes credited as Robert Forrest, Robert Stephenson, or Bob Stevenson. Robert Stevenson was born on October 10, 1915, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Stevenson was news editor and commentator for WHN radio and newscaster for "Around