Eve Blantyre Simpson [SEP] father
Eve Blantyre Simpson
Eve Blantyre Simpson (1855–1920) was the daughter of Professor James Young Simpson, who popularised the use of chloroform as an anaesthetic. She wrote biographies of her father and of Robert Louis Stevenson. She also wrote a notable book on folk-lore in Scotland which refers to the early traditions such as Beltane. She was born on 15 December 1855 in Edinburgh and her mother was Jessie Grindlay. (She was christened 'Eve' and not 'Evelyn'.) She remained unmarried and died of liver
, Oxford: OUP, 2004. Retrieved 11 October 2008
- Eve Blantyre Simpson, "Robert Louis Stevenson's Edinburgh Days", London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1898
- Eve Blantyre Simpson, "The Robert Louis Stevenson Originals", [With illustrations and facsimiles], London& Edinburgh: T.N. Foulis, 1912
External links.
Literary works
- Early works including books, collected and uncollected essays and serialisations from National Library of Scotland
- Works by Robert Louis Stevenson, at the Online Books Page