George Henry Lewes was an English philosopher and critic of literature and theatre. He was also an amateur physiologist. American feminist Margaret Fuller called Lewes a "witty, French, flippant sort of man".
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William Makepeace Thackeray, Mr and Mrs George Henry Lewes with Thornton Leigh Hunt, date unknown, National Portrait Gallery, London
Replica by François D'Albert Durade, George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), oil on canvas, 1849-1886, National Portrait Gallery![Anne Gliddon, George Henry Lewes, 1840, graphite and watercolor. Lewes, age twenty three, "the most amusing little fellow in the whole world - if you only overlook his unparalleled impudence, which is not impudence at all but man of genius bonhomie (Mrs Carlyle, Letters, 5 February 1849)[7]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/George_Henry_Lewes%2C_1840%2C_Anne_Gliddon.webp/500px-George_Henry_Lewes%2C_1840%2C_Anne_Gliddon.webp.png?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Anne Gliddon, George Henry Lewes, 1840, graphite and watercolor. Lewes, age twenty three, "the most amusing little fellow in the whole world - if you only overlook his unparalleled impudence, which is not impudence at all but man of genius bonhomie (Mrs Carlyle, Letters, 5 February 1849)[7]
Grave of George Henry Lewes in Highgate Cemetery
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George Henry Lewes was an English philosopher and critic of literature and theatre. He was also an amateur physiologist. American feminist Margaret Fuller called Lewes a "witty, French, flippant sort of man". He became part of the mid-Victorian ferment of ideas which encouraged discussion of Darwinism, positivism, and religious skepticism. However, he is perhaps best known today for having openly lived with Mary Ann Evans, who wrote under the pen name George Eliot, as soulmates whose lives and writings were enriched by their relationship, though they never married each other.
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