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Leslie Stephen

English writer and mountaineer (1832-1904) · Writers · Died at 71

Sir Leslie Stephen was an English author, critic, historian, biographer, mountaineer, and an Ethical movement activist. He was also the father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell and the founder of England's Dictionary of National Biography.

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Fellow of the British Academy

About this person

Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1832 to 1904 · aged 71