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Sir Leslie Stephen ( Londra, 28 novembre 1832 – Londra, 22 febbraio 1904) è stato un critico letterario, filosofo e alpinista britannico, padre di Vanessa Bell e Virginia Woolf, fratello del giurista e politologo James Fitzjames Stephen. Fu autore e primo editore dell' Oxford Dictionary of National Biography .
Leslie Stephen. Not to be confused with Leslie Stevens. Sir Leslie Stephen KCB FBA (28 November 1832 – 22 February 1904) was an English author, critic, historian, biographer, mountaineer, and an early humanist activist. He was also the father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell . Life[edit]
9 apr 2024 · Sir Leslie Stephen (born Nov. 28, 1832, London—died Feb. 22, 1904, London) was an English critic, man of letters, and the first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography. A member of a distinguished intellectual family, Stephen was educated at Eton, at King’s College , London , and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he was ...
8 gen 2024 · Gente di montagna News. Leslie Stephen, alpinista sopraffino e decano degli scrittori di montagna. L’autore di The playground of Europe, scritto nel 1871 è stato anche autore di numerose prime...
28 nov 2023 · 11:10 am. Leslie Stephen l’alpinista, padre di Virginia Woolf. di Pamela Lainati. Ricorre oggi l’anniversario dalla nascita di Leslie Stephen, padre di Virgina Woolf, ma soprattutto alpinista di spicco, tra i promotori dell’Alpine Club e poi curatore dell’Alpine Journal.
Father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell, Leslie Stephen was the first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography and involved in the Ethical movement from its beginnings in the UK. As a prominent agnostic, his writings on freethinking remain notable, and his influence was significant within the early organised humanist movement.
Sir Leslie holds a unique place in our literary and cultural history as a distinguished man of letters, and especially as the first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography and the author of as many as 378 of its original biographies (see Lee). He is well known too because he features in the work and biographies of his even more famous ...
