| LC control no. | n 88130515 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Stephen, George, 1794-1879 |
| Variant(s) | Stephen, George, Sir, 1794-1879 |
| See also | For works of this author written under pseudonyms, search also under Caveat emptor, 1794-1879 and Barrister, 1794-1879 Caveat emptor, 1794-1879 Barrister, 1794-1879 |
| Associated country | Australia |
| Birth date | 1794 |
| Death date | 18790620 |
| Place of birth | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Place of death | Melbourne (Vic.) |
| Field of activity | Antislavery movements |
| Affiliation | Gray's Inn |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Authors |
| Found in | His A letter to the proprietors and occupiers of land in the parish of Bledlow ... 1833: p. 32 (signed, George Stephen) LC data base, 4-15-88 (hdg.: Stephen, George, Sir, 1794-1879) His The adventures of a gentleman in search of a horse, 1836: t.p. (Caveat emptor, gent.) Concise dictionary of national biography, to 1900 (Stephen, Sir George (1794-1879), lawyer and author; fourth son of James Stephen (1758-1832); solicitor; formed plan for "Agency Committee" of Anti-Slavery Society; knighted, 1837; barrister, Gray's Inn, 1849; emigrated to Melbourne, 1855; published 'Adventures of a gentleman in search of a horse,' by Caveat Emptor, 1835, 'Adventures of an attorney in search of practice,' 1839, 'Anti-Slavery recollections,' 1854, and other works; died at Melbourne) Wikipedia, viewed April 23, 2015 (George Stephen (abolitionist); Sir George Stephen, Q.C., (1794-20 June 1879) was a solicitor, author and anti-slavery proponent; brother of Sir James Stephen; born in 1794 at Saint Kitts; it was in connection with the movement for the abolition of slavery in the British colonies that he mainly distinguished himself) The African slave trade and its suppression, 2014: page 272 (Analysis of the evidence given before the select committees upon the slave trade. By a barrister; by Sir George Stephen. Opposes withdrawal of the squadron; 'emigration' would be a modified slave trade.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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