Robert Louis Stevenson "on the cuff," as he said, at a nearby restaurant run by Frenchman Jules Simoneau which stood at what is now Simoneau Plaza; several years later, he sent Simoneau an inscribed copy of his novel "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" (1886), writing that it would be a stranger case still if Robert Louis Stevenson ever forgot Jules Simoneau. While in Monterey, he wrote an evocative article about "the Old Pacific Capital" of Monterey. By December 1879, Stevenson had recovered his health enough to continue to San Francisco where he struggled "all alone on forty-five cents a day,
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