NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Stephen, James, Sir, 1789-1859 NRA: Stephen Sir James (1789-1859) Knight Civil Servant and Historian DNB: Stephen, Sir James (1789-1859), civil servant LBT ID: JaSteph1859 VIAF ID: 9426060 LOC ID: no95007778 | B/BAP: 1789-01-03 DIED: 1859-09-14 |
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The son of James Stephen (1758–1832); educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and
Lincoln's Inn, he was a member of the Clapham sect, colonial official, and professor of
modern history at Cambridge (1849-59). He was the father of Leslie Stephen
(1832-1904). | |
REFERENCES TO Sir James Stephen: Charles Webb Le Bas to Francis Hodgson, 25 June 1845 in Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878) Found 1:
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