Fanny Stevenson

American author, wife of Robert Louis Stevenson (1840-1914)

Person Human Q3066501

Fanny Stevenson — Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

21 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: female^[20]
Date of birth: March 10, 1840, 1840^[9]
Date of death: February 18, 1914, 1914^[10]
Place of birth: Indianapolis
Place of death: Santa Barbara
Country of citizenship: United States^[18]
Occupation: novelist, writer, magazine writer, painter
Educated at: Académie Julian^[19]
Father: Jacob Vandegrift^[11]
Mother: Esther Thomas Keen^[12]
Spouse: Robert Louis Stevenson, Samuel Osbourne^[13]^[14]
Child: Lloyd Osbourne, Isobel Osbourne, Hervey Osborne^[15]^[16]^[17]
Sibling: Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez^[26]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[25]
Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired
Described by source: BEIC Digital Library, Indiana Authors and Their Books, 1917–1966^[23]^[24]
Family name: Stevenson^[21]
Given name: Fanny^[22]
Has works in the collection: Australian National Maritime Museum, City Art Centre^[27]^[28]
Writing language: English^[29]

🏷️ Also known as

en Fanny Stevenson en Mrs Robert Louis Stevenson en Mrs R. L. Stevenson en Mrs R L Stevenson en Frances Matilda Van De Grift Stevenson en Frances Matilda Van de Grift Osbourne Stevenson en Frances Matilda Stevenson en Frances (Fanny) Matilda Van de Grift Osbourne Stevenson en Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson en Fanny Vandegrift ar فاني ستيفنسون cs Fanny Stevensonová cs Frances Vandergrift cs Fanny van De Grift Stevenson cs Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne cs Frances Matilda Van de Grift Stevenson cs Fanny Vandergrift Stevenson cs Fanny Vandergrift cs Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson de Frances Matilda Van de Grift

🔖 Identifiers · 67

ISNI: 000000010777877X, 0000000368536103
VIAF cluster ID: 17229834
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n50082618
GND ID: 119176459
Alexander Turnbull Library ID: 161580
Archives at Yale agent ID: people/73597
Art UK artist ID: stevenson-fanny-vandergrift-osbourne-18401914
Artists of the World ID: 00535690
AskArt person ID: 87541
Australian National Maritime Museum person ID: 3768
BIBSYS ID: 10061173
Babelio author ID: 170663

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Bibliopoche author ID: 27101
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 119255523
BookBrainz author ID: f0c6853a-afb8-4767-a8d6-ba69b116e84a
CONOR.SI ID: 109486691
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf11946635
CiNii Research ID: 1140282266708934912
Collective Biographies of Women ID: 15714
DDB person (GND) ID: 119176459
Encyclopedia of Indianapolis ID: frances-fanny-van-de-grift-stevenson
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID: stevenson_fanny_van_de_grift
FAST ID: 19839
FactGrid item ID: Wikidata item
Find a Grave memorial ID: 28335798
Freebase ID: /m/0bbf40
Geni profile ID: 6000000015151184325
ISFDB author ID: 148095
IdRef ID: 032182287
J9U entity ID: 987007279740205171
Kindred Britain ID: I22852
Latter-day Saint Literature database artist ID (archived): fanny-van-de-grift-stevenson
Libraries Australia ID: 35936129
LibriVox author ID: 2801
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA08550311
NDL Authority ID: 031468579
NL CR AUT ID: xx0124586
NLA Trove people ID: 1153636
NLP ID: a0000002786239
NUKAT ID: n2015047982
National Library of Ireland ID: vtls001225543
National Library of Latvia ID: 000036057
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:C1dc;=Bb
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810580318105606
National Library of Russia ID: 770259767, 770272877
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX890939
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID: mp58836
National Virtual Library of India ID: 276k (257k–698k, n=3)
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 071321926
Obálky knih ID: xx0124586
Online Books Page author ID: Stevenson, Fanny Van de Grift, 1840-1914
Open Library ID: OL2280285A
OpenMLOL author ID: 176479
Perlentaucher ID: fanny-van-de-grift-stevenson
Pontifical University of Salamanca ID: 1404460
Project Gutenberg author ID: 334
SBN author ID: SBLV164875
SNAC ARK ID: w66w9mfb
SNARC ID: Bernhard van Treeck
The Peerage person ID: p68944.htm#i689433
Unz Review author ID: StevensonFannyVanDeGrift
Vatican Library ID (former scheme): ADV12629818
Vatican Library VcBA ID: 495/335899
Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID: 21818
WikiTree person ID: Van_de_Grift-1
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJv4pxytYDb4JRw8KTdJDq
Yale LUX ID: person/d781627f-e9bf-44a1-b917-84634242f1b0

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🔗 Connections

Occupation 3

writer, painter, novelist

Child 1

Lloyd Osbourne

Children (maternal) 1

Lloyd Osbourne

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Described by source 1

BEIC Digital Library

Educated at 1

Académie Julian

Family name 1

Stevenson

Given name 1

Fanny

Has works in the collection 1

Australian National Maritime Museum

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Place of birth 1

Indianapolis

Place of death 1

Santa Barbara

Sex or gender 1

female

Spouse 1

Robert Louis Stevenson

Spouses 1

Robert Louis Stevenson

Writing language 1

English

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Summary

Fanny Stevenson was born on March 10, 1840^[1], in Indianapolis^[2]. She died on February 18, 1914^[3], in Santa Barbara^[4]. She worked as a novelist^[5], writer^[6], magazine writer^[7], and painter^[8].

FAQs

Where was Fanny Stevenson born?

Fanny Stevenson was born in Indianapolis^[2].

Where did Fanny Stevenson die?

Fanny Stevenson passed away in Santa Barbara^[4].

Who were Fanny Stevenson's parents?

Fanny Stevenson's father was Jacob Vandegrift^[11]. Fanny Stevenson's mother was Esther Thomas Keen^[12].

Who was Fanny Stevenson married to?

Fanny Stevenson's spouses include Robert Louis Stevenson^[13] and Samuel Osbourne^[14].

What did Fanny Stevenson do for work?

Fanny Stevenson worked as a novelist^[5], writer^[6], magazine writer^[7], and painter^[8].

Where did Fanny Stevenson go to school?

Fanny Stevenson was educated at Académie Julian^[19].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Fanny Stevenson — place of birth (P19): Indianapolis. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Fanny Stevenson — place of death (P20): Santa Barbara. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Fanny Stevenson — sex or gender (P21): female. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Fanny Stevenson — father (P22): Jacob Vandegrift. The Peerage. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Fanny Stevenson — mother (P25): Esther Thomas Keen. The Peerage. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Fanny Stevenson — spouse (P26): Robert Louis Stevenson. Kindred Britain. Retrieved 2020-08-07. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Fanny Stevenson — spouse (P26): Samuel Osbourne. Kindred Britain. Retrieved 2020-08-07. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Fanny Stevenson — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Fanny Stevenson — child (P40): Lloyd Osbourne. Kindred Britain. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Fanny Stevenson — child (P40): Isobel Osbourne. The Peerage. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Fanny Stevenson — child (P40): Hervey Osborne. The Peerage. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Fanny Stevenson — educated at (P69): Académie Julian. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Fanny Stevenson — occupation (P106): novelist. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Fanny Stevenson — occupation (P106): writer. Indiana Authors and Their Books, 1917–1966. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Fanny Stevenson — occupation (P106): magazine writer. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Fanny Stevenson — occupation (P106): painter. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Fanny Stevenson — date of birth (P569): March 10, 1840. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Fanny Stevenson — date of birth (P569): 1840. Indiana Authors and Their Books, 1917–1966. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Fanny Stevenson — date of death (P570): February 18, 1914. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Fanny Stevenson — date of death (P570): 1914. Indiana Authors and Their Books, 1917–1966. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Fanny Stevenson — family name (P734): Stevenson. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Fanny Stevenson — given name (P735): Fanny. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Fanny Stevenson — described by source (P1343): BEIC Digital Library. digitale.beic.it. digitale.beic.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Fanny Stevenson — described by source (P1343): Indiana Authors and Their Books, 1917–1966. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Fanny Stevenson — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Fanny Stevenson — sibling (P3373): Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Fanny Stevenson — has works in the collection (P6379): Australian National Maritime Museum. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Fanny Stevenson — has works in the collection (P6379): City Art Centre. Retrieved 2024-07-09. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Fanny Stevenson — writing language (P6886): English. wikidata.org.

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4w ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗

BookBrainz author ID → f0c6853a-afb8-4767-a8d6-ba69b116e84a

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Writing language → English

Sex or gender → female

Sibling → Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez

Spouse → Robert Louis Stevenson, Samuel Osbourne

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