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SIR JAMES STEPHEN (1789-1859)

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 883 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIR See also:JAMES See also:STEPHEN (1789-1859)  , See also:English historian, was the son of See also:James See also:Stephen, See also:master in See also:chancery, author of The See also:Slavery of the See also:West See also:India Colonies and other See also:works, and was See also:born in See also:London on the 3rd of See also:January 1789 . He was educated at Trinity See also:Hall, See also:Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1812, after which he studied for the See also:bar and was called at See also:Lincoln's See also:Inn . He obtained an extensive practice as a chancery See also:barrister, being ultimately counsel to the colonial See also:department and counsel to the See also:board of See also:trade . In 1834 he became assistant under-secretary for the colonies, and shortly afterwards permanent under-secretary . On his retirement in 1847 he was made a See also:knight See also:commander of the See also:Bath . In 1849 he was appointed regius See also:professor of See also:modern See also:history in the university of See also:Cam-See also:bridge, having already distinguished himself by his brilliant studies in ecclesiastical See also:biography contributed to the See also:Edinburgh See also:Review, which were published that See also:year under the See also:title Essays in Ecclesiastical Biography and Other Subjects; a 4th edition, with a See also:short memoir, appeared in 1860 . He was also the author of Lectures on the History of See also:France ( 2 vols., 1851; 3rd ed., 1857), and Desultory and Systematic See also:Reading, a lecture (1853) . He died at Coblentz on the 15th of See also:September 1859 .

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