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Leslie Stephen

1832 - 1904

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Sir Leslie Stephen (28 November 1832 – 22 February 1904) was an English author, critic, historian, biographer, mountaineer, and an Ethical movement activist. He was also the father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell and the founder of England's Dictionary of National Biography. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leslie Stephen is the 3,725th most popular writer (down from 3,551st in 2019), the 2,946th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,542nd in 2019) and the 335th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Leslie Stephen ranks 3,725 out of 7,302. Before him are Simin Daneshvar, Georgi Sava Rakovski, Reginald Rose, Carolina Coronado, Evgeny Schwartz, and Stevan Sremac. After him are Georgette Heyer, Aphthonius of Antioch, Philipp Nicolai, Pavel Bazhov, Chairil Anwar, and Gioconda Belli.

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Among people born in 1832, Leslie Stephen ranks 60. Before him are Charles Boycott, Turki bin Said, Caroline Harrison, Emilio Castelar, Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, and Colin Archer. After him are Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino, Pavel Chistyakov, Johann Joseph Abert, Lina Sandell, Alvan Graham Clark, and Lucretia Garfield. Among people deceased in 1904, Leslie Stephen ranks 66. Before him are Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Edwin Arnold, Émile Duclaux, Wilhelm His Sr., Alexander William Williamson, and Sumner Paine. After him are James Longstreet, Georg Sauerwein, Nikolay Mikhaylovsky, Ferdinand Mannlicher, Rodolfo Amando Philippi, and Larin Paraske.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Leslie Stephen ranks 2,947 out of 8,785. Before him are Lottie Dod (1871), Neil Young (1944), John Barnard (1946), Mary Sidney (1561), Charles Burney (1726), and Ray Lankester (1847). After him are John Rutter (1945), Georgette Heyer (1902), Tommy Flanagan (1965), Eunice Gayson (1928), Tom Hollander (1967), and James Ivory (1765).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Leslie Stephen ranks 335. Before him are Charles Lock Eastlake (1793), William Robertson Smith (1846), Penelope Fitzgerald (1916), Rupert Brooke (1887), Ian Rankin (1960), and Mary Sidney (1561). After him are Georgette Heyer (1902), Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893), Anthony Hope (1863), Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth (1914), Peter Cheyney (1896), and John Ford (1586).

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