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Author photo. Image from <b><i>Essays on freethinking and plainspeaking</i></b> (1905) by Sir Leslie Stephen

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Sir Leslie Stephen (1832–1904)

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Canonical name
Stephen, Sir Leslie
Legal name
Other names
Date of birth
1832-11-28
Date of death
1904-02-22
Burial location
Gender
male
Nationality
UK
Country (for map)
Birthplace
London, England, UK
Place of death
London, England, UK
Places of residence
Kensington Gore, London, England, UK
London, England, UK (birth ∙ death)
Education
King's College London (Eton College)
University of Cambridge (Trinity Hall ∙ BA ∙ 20th wrangler ∙ 1854 ∙ MA ∙ 1857)
Occupations
journalist
critic
editor
author
mountaineer
Relationships
Stephen, James Fitzjames (brother)
Bell, Vanessa (daughter)
Woolf, Virginia (daughter)
Garnett, Angelica (granddaughter)
Bell, Julian (grandson)
Organizations
Awards and honors
President of the Alpine Club ( [1865, 1868])
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Short biography
First Ascents:
* Wildstrubel – 11 September 1858 with T. W. Hinchliff and Melchior Anderegg
* Bietschhorn – 13 August 1859 with Anton Siegen, Johann Siegen and Joseph Ebener
* Rimpfischhorn – 9 September 1859 with Robert Liveing, Melchior Anderegg and Johann Zumtaugwald
* Alphubel – 9 August 1860 with T. W. Hinchliff, Melchior Anderegg and Peter Perren
* Blüemlisalphorn – 27 August 1860 with Robert Liveing, Melchior Anderegg, F. Ogi, P. Simond and J. K. Stone
* Schreckhorn – 16 August 1861 with Ulrich Kaufmann, Christian Michel and Peter Michel
* Monte Disgrazia – 23 August 1862 with E. S. Kennedy, Thomas Cox and Melchior Anderegg
* Zinalrothorn – 22 August 1864 with Florence Crauford Grove, Jakob Anderegg and Melchior Anderegg
* Mont Mallet – 4 September 1871 with G. Loppe, F. A. Wallroth, Melchior Anderegg, Ch. and A. Tournier
Father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell
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