The Resume

(November 13, 1850-December 3, 1894)
Birth name was Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson
Wrote 'Treasure Island (1883),' 'A Child's Garden of Verses (1885),' 'Kidnapped (1886)' and 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886)'

Why he might be annoying:

He changed his middle name from 'Lewis' to 'Louis' so it would sound French rather than Scottish.
He was famous for his fancy clothes and velvet coat.
He had a pet donkey he called 'Modestine.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He suffered from tuberculosis his whole life.
He was kind.
Despite his ill health, he loved to travel.
He moved to Samoa, where he was so popular with the islanders that they named him 'Tusitala' (official tribe storyteller).
He wrote many articles criticizing Europe's exploitation of its colonial territories and people.
He died very suddenly of a stroke at age 44.
He said: 'Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.'

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 25 Most Adapted Authors in Film (Ranked: 5)
• BBC Big Read: The UK's Top 200 Novels [2003] (Ranked: 36)
• Children's Book Authors
• Eminem References
• Eminent Victorians
• Google Modified Its Logo For My Birthday (Google Doodles)
• I Abused Cocaine
• I Abused Heroin
• I Abused Morphine
• I am Scottish
• I Attended University of Edinburgh
• I Have Tuberculosis
• I Inspired a Musical
• I Write Bildungsroman
• Look at Me, I Got My Arms Folded
• Newspaper Journalists/Editors/Publishers
• Profiles 11251-11500 (Ranked: 11338)
• Sixty-Nine
• Squatters
• UK Guardian's James Runcie's Top 10 Books About Brothers [April 14, 2009] (Ranked: 3)
• UK Guardian's Peter Washington's Top 10 Ghost Stories [2008] (Ranked: 1)
• UK Guardian's Romesh Gunekera's Top 10 Island Books [2008] (Ranked: 10)
• Walruses
• Walt Disney Turned My Book Into a Movie
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 1]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 22 Votes: 27.27% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 16 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 53 Votes: 47.17% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 83 Votes: 49.40% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 30 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 22 Votes: 18.18% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 71 Votes: 53.52% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 530 Votes: 35.47% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 50 Votes: 34.00% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 441 Votes: 43.76% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 414 Votes: 41.30% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 281 Votes: 42.35% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 321 Votes: 41.12% Annoying