Definition of Sir Leslie Stephen

1. Noun. English writer (1832-1904).

Exact synonyms: Stephen
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sir Leslie Stephen

Sir John Hawkins
Sir John Hawkyns
Sir John Herschel
Sir John Ross
Sir John Suckling
Sir John Tenniel
Sir John Vanbrigh
Sir Joseph Banks
Sir Joseph John Thomson
Sir Joseph Paxton
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Sir Lancelot
Sir Laurence Kerr Olivier
Sir Leonard Hutton
Sir Leonard Woolley
Sir Leslie Stephen (current term)
Sir Martin Frobisher
Sir Matthew Flinders
Sir Mortimer Wheeler
Sir Noel Pierce Coward
Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge
Sir Oliver Lodge
Sir Patrick Manson
Sir Paul Gavrilovich Vinogradoff
Sir Peter Brian Medawar
Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Sir Peter Ustinov
Sir Philip Sidney
Sir Ralph David Richardson
Sir Rex Harrison

Literary usage of Sir Leslie Stephen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of national biographyby Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1904)
"Vols. 1-21, edited by Leslie Stephen; v. 22-26,by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee; v. 27-63 and Supplement, 3 vols., by Sidney Lee."

2. Representative Biographies of English Men of Letters by Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey (1909)
"THE LIFE OF LORD BYRON Sir Leslie Stephen [From the Dictionary of National Biography.] BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, sixth lord (1788-1824), poet, descended from ..."

3. An Anthology of Modern English Prose (1741 to 1892) by Annie Barnett, Lucy Dale (1911)
"Sir Leslie Stephen (1832-1904) ISAAK WALTON Walton had somehow taken for granted that there is an inherent harmony between angling and true religion, ..."

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