# Happy 160th birthday - Robert Louis Stevenson

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 13, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-160th-birthday-robert-louis-stevenson/560569 "2010-11-13T17:45:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-160th-birthday-robert-louis-stevenson/560569/1 "2010-11-13T17:45:53Z")

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Google’s home page today (13-Nov-2010) has a pirate with a parrot on his shoulder.

[google.com](http://google.com)

A grand writer. I’ll buy that man a whisky, and since I’m Irish, a Guinness too.

Though for my money, I liked his Black Arrow better than Treasure Island.