Robert (Bob) Alan Mowbray Stevenson 1847 - 1900
Robert (Bob) Alan Mowbray Stevenson , educ. Windermere, Edinburgh Sch. of Art, Sidney Sussex, Camb. (Oct 1866), BA (1871), Sidney Sussex , Camb. MA The Times, Friday, Oct 14, 1881; pg. 7; Issue 30325; col F University Intelligence. Oxford, Oct. 13. Of Chiswick (poss. Stilehall Gardens), London, painter, art critic, & conversationalist, etc, Professor of Art, Liverpool, etc., favourite (1st) cousin of "R.L.S.", etc. In the 1881 census, he is recorded as Graduate Cambridge (Artist). Roscoe Professor of Fine Arts, Liverpool (1891). Wrote: Critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors / Kirk, J. F.. - London. - 1891 (2 vols) Modern English biography / Boase, F.. - A facsimile of the Truro, 1892-1921 ed (6 vols) Venn: STEVENSON, ROBERT ALAN MOWBRAY College: SIDNEY Entered: Michs. 1866 Born: Mar. 25, 1847 Died: Apr. 18, 1900 Adm. pens. at SIDNEY, Oct. 8, 1866. Only s. of Alan, railroad-engineer, of Edinburgh [builder of Skerryvore lighthouse, engineer to the Board of Northern Lights] (for whom see D.N.B.) (and Margaret Jones). B. Mar. 25, 1847, in Edinburgh. School, Windermere College (Mr Puckle). Matric. Michs. 1866; B.A. 1871; M.A. 1882. Studied painting under Auguste Ortmans at Fontainebleau, 1869; at the School of Art, Edinburgh, 1871-2; at the Beaux Arts, Antwerp, 1873; at the atelier of Carolus Duran in Paris, 1873-6. Accompanied R. L. Stevenson, his cousin, in the `canoe-trip' in France, 1876. Exhibited landscape paintings at the Royal Academy and other galleries. Taught painting at Cambridge in association with the Slade Professor. Roscoe Professor of Fine Arts, Liverpool University College, 1880-93. Contributed to the Saturday Review, 1883-9, as critic of painting and music. Art Critic of the Pall Mall Gazette, 1893-1900. Married, 1881, Louisa, dau. of Theodore Pyrland, Esq. Author, The Art of Velasquez, etc. Died Apr. 18, 1900. (Boase, VI. 620; Who was Who; D.N.B.) Sidney Colvin, `Stevenson, Robert Alan Mowbray (1847-1900)', rev. Kate Flint, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26437, accessed 23 Sept 2005] RW "Note 13: _Spring-Heel'd Jack_. This is Stevenson's cousin "Bob," Robert Alan Mowbray Stevenson (1847-1900), an artist and later Professor of Fine Arts at University College, Liverpool. He was one of the best conversationalists in England. Stevenson said of him, "My cousin Bob, ... is the man likest and most unlike to me that I have ever met.... What was specially his, and genuine, was his faculty for turning over a subject in conversation. There was an insane lucidity in his conclusions; a singular, humorous eloquence in his language, and a power of method, bringing the whole of life into the focus of the subject under hand; none of which I have ever heard equalled or even approached by any other talker." (Balfour's _Life of Stevenson_, I, 103. For further remarks on the cousin, see note to page 104 of the _Life_.)]""
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Born: Edinburgh, Scotland 28th Mar 1847 | Baptised:
| Died: 41 Oxford rd, Chiswick, Chiswick, London, England 18th Apr 1900 | Buried: 1900
| Family: Stevenson formerly of Neilston |
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Census
- 1851 census (lodger - 55 Bridge of Allan, Logie, Perths., , Scotland)
- 1871 census (son - Eastfield House, Duddingston, Midlothian, , Scotland)
- 1881 census (son - 16 St. Leonard's Terr., Chelsea, London, England, , )
- 1891 census (head of household - 90 Sterndale rd, London, , , England)
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Timeline
28th Mar 1847 | Born (birth) Edinburgh, Scotland | 13th Dec 1850 | Became an heir of Dr. Robert Stevenson (Stivenson)
(Smith ) 1772 - 1851 (will) | 31st Mar 1851 | Lodger in 1851 census (census) Logie, Perths., Scotland | 1871 | Son in 1871 census (census) Duddingston, Midlothian, Scotland | 3rd Apr 1881 | Son in 1881 census (census) London, England | 27th Aug 1881 | Married Harriett Louisa Purland
(Stevenson ) 1856 - 1909 (marriage) London, England | 1891 | Head of household in 1891 census (census) London, England | Sep 1893 | Became an heir of Robert Lewis (Louis) Balfour Stevenson
(Van de Grift ) 1850 - 1894 (will) | c. 1895 | Executor of the will of Margaret (Gatchie) Scott Jones
(Stevenson ) 1812 - 1895 (will) | 18th Apr 1900 | Died (death) Chiswick, London, England | 1900 | Buried (burial) | c. 1900 | Made a will (will) |
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