Sir George Stephen

(1794-1879)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Stephen, George, Sir, 1794-1879 NRA: Stephen Sir George (1794-1879) Knight Barrister and Reformer DNB: Stephen, Sir George (1794–1879), lawyer and slavery abolitionist LBT ID: GeSteph1879 VIAF ID: 27449445 LOC ID: n88130515	B/BAP: 1794-01-17 DIED: 1879-06-20
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The son of James Stephen (1758–1832); educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, he was a lawyer, social reformer, and abolitionist.
REFERENCES TO Sir George Stephen: Prince Sandars to William Roscoe, [1812?] in The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833) Found 1: ¶ 3 Henry Roscoe, The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833) Chapter XIII. 1812-1815 Lovelace, Ralph Milbanke, Earl of, 1839-1906, Astarte: a Fragment of Truth concerning George Gordon Byron, sixth Lord Byron (London: Christophers, 1921) Appendix Found 1: ¶ 31