Leslie Stephen (1832 - 1904)

Born 28 Nov 1832 in Kensington Gore, London, England

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Died 22 Feb 1904 at age 71 in Kensington, London, England

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Leslie Stephen is Notable.

Leslie Stephen studied at Eton College, King's College London, and was graduated from Trinity Hall, Cambridge, with a B.A. in 1854 and M.A. in 1857. He first married Harriet Marian Thackeray, with whom he had a daughter, Laura Makepeace Stephen. After Harriet's death he married Julia Prinsep Jackson. He and Julia had four children: Vanessa, Thoby, Virginia, and Arian. He became a journalist, and was editor of the Cornhill Magazine in 1871. He was a founding editor of the Dictionary of National Biography. 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).

Leslie Stephen also was one of the most prominent figures in the golden age of alpinism. He was one of the original members of the Alpine Club when it formed in 1857, and served as President from 1865–1868.

1871 On the night of the England and Wales Census^[1] Leslie Stephen was at St Mary Abbott Kensington, London, Middlesex, England as the head of the family.

In the 1881 census Leslie (age 48), M.A.editor of magazine, was the married head of household at 13 Hyde Park Gate, South, Kensington, London & Middlesex, England.^[2]

Sir Leslie is buried in Highgate Cemetery (East), Highgate, London Borough of Camden^[3] (Link has images of the grave)

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1. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB81-YBM : 11 December 2017), Leslie Stephen, 1871.
2. ↑ 1881 Census: "1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census"
   Reference: RG11; Piece number: 22; Folio: 75; Page: 7; Schedule: 440
   FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 26 September 2023)
   Leslie Stephen (48), married, M.a.editor of magazine, head of household at 13, Hyde Park Gate South in Kensington registration district in London & Middlesex, England. Born in England.
3. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 November 2018), memorial page for Sir Leslie Stephen (28 Nov 1832–22 Feb 1904), Find A Grave Memorial no. 5618, citing Highgate Cemetery (East), Highgate, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England ; Maintained by Find A Grave .

See also:

• Wikipedia: Leslie Stephen

• Wikidata: Item Q740657, en:Wikipedia

• The Peerage: Sir Leslie Stephen

• 'Virginia Woolf' a biography by her nephew Quentin Bell, published by The Hogarth Press, Pimlico, London in 1996. ISBN 0 7126 7450 0, includes extensive family trees. Hundreds of friends, professional connections and people in the 'Bloomsbury set' are also mentioned in the text.'Virginia Woolf' a biography by her nephew Quentin Bell