Robert Louis Stevenson

The Robert Louis Stevenson plaque in St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh.

RLS died in Samoa, this day, in 1894.


The plaque was designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, however the original design had the author holding a cigarette, not a pen.

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RLS was buried at Mount Vaea, Samoa, on a spot overlooking the sea.
He had always wanted his 'Requiem' inscribed on his tomb:

Under the wide and starry sky,
Dig the grave and let me lie.
Glad did I live and gladly die,
And I laid me down with a will.
This be the verse you grave for me:
Here he lies where he longed to be;
Home is the sailor, home from sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.




Robert Louis Stevenson
Born in Edinburgh - 13th November 1850
Died in Samoa - 3rd December 1894