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Leslie Stephen (c. 1860)
Leslie Stephen (c. 1860)

Sir Leslie Stephen, KCB (November 28, 1832 – February 22, 1904) was an English author, critic and mountaineer, and the father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly The Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath) is a British Order of chivalry founded by George For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland (Adeline Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941 was an English Novelist and Essayist, regarded as one of the foremost

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Life

Stephen was born at Kensington Gore in London, the brother of James Fitzjames Stephen and grandson of James Stephen. Kensington Gore is a street in central London, England, the same name having been formerly used for the piece of land on which it stands London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Sir James Fitzjames Stephen 1st Baronet (3 March 1829 - 11 March 1894 was an English Lawyer, Judge and anti-libertarian writer created 1st Baronet Stephen James Stephen (30 June 1758 &ndash 10 October 1832 was the principal English Lawyer associated with the Abolitionist movement His family had belonged to the Clapham Sect, the early 19th century group of mainly evangelical Christian social reformers. The Clapham Sect was an influential group of like-minded Church of England social reformers in England at the beginning of the nineteenth century (active c The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar Evangelicalism is a theological movement tradition and system of beliefs most closely associated with Protestant Christianity, which identifies with the Gospel A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth Reform Movement redirects here For specific organizations by that name see Reform Movement (disambiguation A reform movement is a kind At his father's house he saw a good deal of the Macaulays, James Spedding, Sir Henry Taylor and Nassau Senior. Zachary Macaulay ( 2 May 1768 &ndash 13 May 1838) was a colonial governor Slavery Abolitionist and campaigner James Spedding ( June 28, 1808 - March 9, 1881) was an English Author, chiefly known as the editor of the works of Henry Taylor may refer to Henry Taylor (dramatist (1800–1886 English dramatist Henry Taylor (boxer (fl Nassau William Senior ( September 26, 1790 - June 4, 1864) English Economist, was born at Compton Berkshire After studying at Eton College, King's College London and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he graduated B. Eton College, or just Eton, is a world-famous British Independent school for boys founded in 1440 by King Henry VI. King's College London is a British Higher education institution and co-founding constituent college of the federal University of London. Trinity Hall is the fifth oldest college of the University of Cambridge, founded in 1350 by William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich. A. (20th wrangler) in 1854 and M. At the University of Cambridge, a Wrangler is a student who has completed the third year (called Part II) of the Mathematical Tripos with First-class Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year A. in 1857, Stephen remained for several years a fellow and tutor of his college. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the College ( Latin collegium) is a term most often used today to denote an Educational Institution. He recounted some of his experiences in a chapter in his Life of Fawcett as well as in some less formal Sketches from Cambridge: By a Don (1865). These sketches were reprinted from the Pall Mall Gazette, to the proprietor of which, George Smith, he had been introduced by his brother. The Pall Mall Gazette was an evening newspaper founded in London on February 7 1865. It was at Smith's house at Hampstead that Stephen met his first wife, Harriet Marion (1840 - 1875), daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray, with whom he had a daughter, Laura Makepeace Stephen (1870 - 1945); after her death he married Julia Prinsep Jackson (1846 - 1895), widow of Herbert Duckworth. William Makepeace Thackeray (ˈθækərɪ 18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863 was an English Novelist of the 19th century By her, he was the father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. (Adeline Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941 was an English Novelist and Essayist, regarded as one of the foremost

Literary career

While at Cambridge, Stephen became an Anglican clergyman. Anglicanism is a tradition of Christian faith Churches in this tradition either have historical connections to the Church of England or have similar beliefs In 1865, having renounced his religious beliefs, and after a visit to the United States two years earlier, where he had formed lasting friendships with Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., James Russell Lowell and Charles Eliot Norton, he settled in London and became a journalist, eventually editing the Cornhill Magazine in 1871 where R.L. Stevenson, Thomas Hardy, W.E. Norris, Henry James and James Payn figured among his contributors. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr ( March 8, 1841 &ndash March 6, 1935) was an American Jurist who served on the Supreme James Russell Lowell (February 22 1819 – August 12 1891 was an American Romantic poet critic editor and Diplomat. Charles Eliot Norton, (November 16 1827 - October 21 1908 was a leading American author social critic and professor of art London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends Cornhill Magazine was a Victorian Magazine and Literary journal named after Cornhill Street in London. Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850–3 December 1894 was a Scottish novelist poet and travel writer, and a representative of Neo-romanticism in Thomas Hardy OM (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928 was an English novelist Short story writer and poet of the naturalist movement though he saw William Edward Norris ( November 18, 1847 - 1925 English Novelist, was the son of Sir W Norris chief justice of Ceylon. Henry James, OM ( –) son of theologian Henry James Sr, brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James James Payn ( February 28, 1830 - March 25, 1898) English novelist was born at Cheltenham, his father being clerk to the In his spare time, he participated in athletics and mountaineering. “Alpinist” redirects here See also Alpinist (magazine Mountaineering is the Sport, Hobby or Profession of He also contributed to the Saturday Review, Fraser, Macmillan, the Fortnightly and other periodicals. He was already known as a climber, as a contributor to Peaks, Passes and Glaciers (1862), and as one of the earliest presidents of the Alpine Club, when in 1871, in commemoration of his own first ascents in the Alps, he published The Playground of Europe, which immediately became a mountaineering classic, drawing – together with Whymper's Scrambles Amongst the Alps – successive generations of its readers to the Alps. The Alpine Club was once described as a club of English gentlemen devoted to mountaineering first of all in the Alps members of which have successfully addressed themselves In Climbing, a first ascent (FA is the first modern recorded climb to reach the top of a Mountain, or the first to follow a particular Climbing route Edward Whymper ( April 27, 1840 &ndash September 16, 1911) was a British illustrator Climber and Explorer

During the eleven years of his editorship, in addition to three volumes of critical studies, he made two valuable contributions to philosophical history and theory: The History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century (1876 and 1881) and The Science of Ethics (1882); the second of these was extensively adopted as a textbook on the subject. The first was generally recognized as an important addition to philosophical literature and led immediately to Stephen's election at the Athenaeum Club in 1877. The Athenaeum Club is a Gentlemen's club standing at 107 Pall Mall, London, England, at the corner of Waterloo Place. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

Stephen also served as the first editor (1885–91) of the Dictionary of National Biography. The Dictionary of National Biography ( DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history published from 1885

Mountaineering

Stephen was one of the most prominent figures in the golden age of alpinism (the period between Wills's ascent of the Wetterhorn in 1854 and Whymper's ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865) during which many major alpine peaks saw their first ascents. The Golden age of alpinism was the period between Alfred Wills 's ascent of the Wetterhorn in 1854 and Edward Whymper 's ascent of the Matterhorn Sir Alfred Wills PC ( December 11, 1828 - August 9, 1912) was also an English High Court judge and a well-known The Wetterhorn (3692 m is a Mountain in the Swiss Alps close to the village of Grindelwald. Edward Whymper ( April 27, 1840 &ndash September 16, 1911) was a British illustrator Climber and Explorer "Cervino" redirects here For the Italian town see Cervino (CE. Joining the Alpine Club in 1857 (the year of its formation), Stephen made the first ascent, usually in the company of his favourite Swiss guide Melchior Anderegg, of the following peaks:

He was President of the Alpine Club from 1865–1868.

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