Sir George Stephen and the Abolition of Slavery
A tribute highlights Sir George Stephen’s role in forming the Anti-Slavery Agency Society and, with George Thompson, pushing for total and immediate abolition. The author notes scrutiny from anti slavery leaders and reflects on Stephen’s later years in Australia, framing him as a humble imitator of a higher exemplar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Stephen
Anti-Slavery Agency Society
George Thompson
England
Sir George Stephen
Obituary: Sir Stephen Honoured for Public Service and Legal Reform
The Times notes Sir Stephen’s long public record including guiding Mauritius inquiry witnesses, mobilizing 300000 anti slavery signatures, reorganising police and parish relief, and freeing imprisoned for contempt. Knighted by the Queen, he later practiced at Gray's Inn, then Liverpool, before moving to Victoria in 1855 where he remained until death.
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Times
Mauritius
Robert Farquhar
Stephen
England
Court of Chancery
Firat Levee
Gray’s Inn
Liverpool
Victoria
Protoplasm and life at the British Association in Sheffield
The British Association session opened in Sheffield with Professor G J Allman delivering a presidential address on protoplasm as the basis of life. He traced from Dujardin to Schultze and Haeckel, discussed plant and animal cells, and examined respiration, anesthesia, and the boundary between life and thought, noting ongoing evolution in mind alongside body.
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British Association
Sheffield
Alice Hall
Spottiswoode
G. J. Allman
Dujardin
Hugo von Moh
Max Schultze
Huxley
Haeckel
Atlantic
Jena
Geddes
Francis Darwin
Nageli
Claude Bernard
Bernard
Schutzenberger
Mark Firth
Professor HuXry
Dr. Allman
Professor Huxley
Bathybius
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