Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>“When the lights come out at sundown along the shores of Scotland, I am proud to think they burn more brightly for the genius of my father.”<br>—from MEMOIRS OF HIMSELF, Robert Louis Stevenson’s uncompleted (indeed, barely begun) autobiography</p><p>Thomas Stevenson (1818–1887), lighthouse engineer & father of Robert Louis Stevenson, was born <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a>, 22 July </p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Victorian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Victorian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/19thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>19thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/lighthouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lighthouse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RobertLouisStevenson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RobertLouisStevenson</span></a></p>