Born in 1850, died in 1894; poet and essayist; his father a
noted lighthouse engineer; educated at Edinburgh University;
lived in Samoa after 1889; among his first books were "An
Inland Voyage" published in 1878; "Travels with a Donkey" in
1879; "Virginibus Puerisque" in 1881; his works collected
after his death.
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