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Leslie Stephen

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November 28, 1832 in London, The United Kingdom

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February 22, 1904

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Sir Leslie Stephen, KCB (28 November 1832 – 22 February 1904) was an English author, critic and mountaineer, and the father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell.

Stephen was born at Kensington Gore in London, the brother of James Fitzjames Stephen and son of Sir James Stephen. His family had belonged to the Clapham Sect, the early 19th century group of mainly evangelical Christian social reformers. At his father's house he saw a good deal of the Macaulays, James Spedding, Sir Henry Taylor and Nassau Senior. After studying at Eton College, King's College London and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. (20th wrangler) in 1854 and M.A. in 1857, Stephen remained for several years a fellow and tutor of his college.[1] He recounted some...more

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Average rating: 4.00 · 3,225 ratings · 194 reviews · 166 distinct works

	Hours in a Library 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1904 — 16 editions	My rating:
	History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century V1 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:
	An Agnostic's Apology and Other Essays 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1893 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The English Utilitarians: Volume I 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1940 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Hours In A Library Volume II 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1899 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Samuel Johnson 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2004 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Social Rights and Duties by Leslie Stephen, Thoemmes Press (Manufacturer) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Samuel Johnson: A Study of His Life 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Samuel Johnson: A Study of His Life 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Studies of a Biographer 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1898 — 5 editions	My rating:

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Dictionary of National Biography (28 books)
by Leslie Stephen (Editor), Henry William Carless Davis, Sidney Lee

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Quotes by Leslie Stephen

“No good story is quite true.”
― Leslie Stephen

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