Stephen

Stephen
Stephen
 
[stiːvn], Sir (seit 1902) Leslie, englischer Schriftsteller, * London 28. 11. 1832, ✝ ebenda 22. 2. 1904; Vater von Virginia Woolf; studierte und lehrte in Cambridge, 1859 Ordination zum Geistlichen, vertrat jedoch später agnostische Positionen. Stephen war ab 1864 als Autor und Journalist in London tätig, wo er u. a. die literaturkritische Zeitschrift »The Cornhill Magazine« herausgab (1871-82); Initiator und 1882-91 Herausgeber des »Dictionary of national biography«. Bedeutende kulturhistorische Schriften sind seine »History of English thought in the eighteenth century« (1876) und »English literature and society in the eighteenth century« (1904).
 
 
N. Annan: L. S. (Neuausg. London 1984);
 G. Fenwick: L. S.'s life in letters. A bibliographical study (Aldershot 1993).
 

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