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was a precocious child, singularly well read, a distinguished wit, but pedantic.
She was a vigorous Calvinist. It is a wonder she did not stifle her daughter's
wit.
US. Jacques Necker, son of Louis, Professor of Botany at Geneva; married a
daughter of De Saussure the geologist.
UP. Louis Albert, son of Jacques and grandson of De Saussure, Professor of
Geology and Mineralogy in Geneva. (See along memoir of him, by Dr. James
David Forbes, in an Address to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1863.)
Stephen, Right Hon. Sir James; historian (“Essays in Ecclesiastical
Biography”); Under Secretary of State for the Colonies.
F. John Stephen, Master in Chancery; a leading slave abolitionist.
B. Henry John Stephen, eminent legal writer (“Stephen on Pleading”).
[B.] Sir George, barrister, successful novelist (“Adventures of an Attorney in
search of Practice”).
S. Fitzjames Stephen, Q.C., author of “Criminal Law;” large contributor to
periodical literature.
S. Rev. Leslie Stephen, also a well-known contributor to periodical literature;
mountaineer, president of the Alpine Club.
Stephens, Robert (or Etienne), was the first eminent member of a family of the
most illustrious scholars and printers that has ever appeared. It must be
recollected that in the early days of printing, all printers were scholars. Robert
was an extraordinary scholar, exceedingly precocious, considered by his
contemporaries greater than any other scholar. He printed the Bible in many
forms, was persecuted, and driven to Geneva, Married Petronella (see below).
B. Charles, a sound classic, but chiefly attached to physical science, medicine, and
natural history.
S. Henry. See below.
S. Robert (2); was worthy of his father in his activity and in the accuracy of his
editions.
N. Nicole, no less celebrated for her beauty than for her talents and
accomplishments.
Stephens, Henry (or Etienne), the greatest of the whole family. He was exceedingly
precocious. He invested a large part of his fortune in costly preparations for his
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