Sir Leslie Stephen: Quick Facts


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Born November 28, 1832 • London • England
Died February 22, 1904 (aged 71) • London • England
Notable Works “English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century” • “History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century”
Notable Family Members daughter Vanessa Bell • daughter Virginia Woolf

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