Leslie Stephen
Sir Leslie Stephen, KCB ( born November 28, 1832 in London, † February 22, 1904 in Kensington, London ) was a British historian, writer and mountaineer. He was the father of writer Virginia Woolf and the painter Vanessa Bell.
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Life
Leslie Stephen was the son of Sir James Stephen, a colonial - Under Secretary of State. In his first marriage he was with Harriet Marian Thackeray, a daughter of the writer Thackeray, married, who died in 1875. From this marriage came a mentally disabled child, Laura.
His second wife Julia Jackson Duckworth (1846-1895) brought from her first marriage to Herbert Duckworth three children: George, Stella and Gerald. Vanessa, Thoby, Virginia and Adrian: From the marriage with Leslie Stephen four other children who were about ten years younger arose.
When Julia Stephen also died in 1895, Leslie Stephen fell into a lasting depression. He joined during the day in his study. First, Stella Duckworth ran the household, then Vanessa Stephen. When Vanessa is now quarreling with her father, Virginia remained as the main contact person. After nearly two years of suffering Leslie Stephen died in February 1904 abdominal cancer.
Work
Stephens 1876 published History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century was a great success and was until very recently ( last 2005) reprinted. Stephen was the first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography. About the 378 contributions have been, which he wrote for this lexicon, he wrote seven different biographies. From 1871 to 1882 he also published the literary magazine Cornhill. As the successor to Tennyson, he was President of the London Library. Stephen was an avowed agnostic, which he founded in his book An Agnostic 's Apology. On 26 June 1902 he was appointed Knight Commander of the Bath.
Athletic Performance
During his studies in Cambridge Stephen was a great runner and oarsman. In the so-called golden age of alpinism he ascended as the first some of the most high peaks of the Alps (including Bietschhorn, Schreckhorn, Monte Disgrazia and Zinalrothorn ) and worked for several years president of the Alpine Club, which he had co-founded.
First ascents
Stephen climbed mostly with the Swiss mountain guide Melchior Anderegg:
- Wildstrubel - September 11, 1858 by TW Hinchliff and Melchior Anderegg
- Bietschhorn - August 13, 1859 by Joseph Siegen, Siegen, Johann and Joseph Plane
- Rimpfischhorn - September 9, 1859 by Robert Liveing , Melchior Anderegg and Johann Zumtaugwald
- Alphubel - August 9, 1860 with TW Hinchliff, Melchior Anderegg and Peter Perren
- Blüemlisalphorn - August 27, 1860 Robert Liveing , Melchior Anderegg, F. Ogi, P. Simond and JK Stone
- Schreck Horn - August 16, 1861 with Ulrich Kaufmann, Christian Michel and Peter Michel
- Monte Disgrazia - August 23, 1862 with ES Kennedy, Thomas Cox and Melchior Anderegg
- Zinalrothorn - August 22, 1864 with Florence Crauford Grove, Jakob Anderegg and Melchior Anderegg
- Mont Mallet - September 4, 1871 by G. Loppe, FA Wallroth, Melchior Anderegg, C. and A. Tournier