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James Kenneth Stephen

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Also known as J.K.S., J. K. Stephen

English poet (1859–1892); tutor to Prince Albert Victor

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Works
9

Top works

  • On International Law
  • International Law and International Relations, an Attempt to Ascertain the Best Method of Discussing
  • International Law and International Relations
  • Lapsus Calami and Other Verses.
  • Reflector; Volume 1

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1951-05-27

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Quotes

  • There were two good fellows I used to know.  —How distant it all appears!We played together in football weather,  And messed together for years:Now one of them's wed, and the other's dead  So long that he's hardly missedSave by us, who messed with him years ago:  But we're all in the old School List.
  • Will there never come a seasonWhich shall rid us from the curse?Of a prose which knows no reasonAnd an unmelodious verse:When the world shall cease to wonderAt the genius of an Ass,And a boy's eccentric blunderShall not bring success to pass:When mankind shall be deliveredFrom the clash of magazines,And the inkstand shall be shiveredInto countless smithereens:When there stands a muzzled stripling,Mute, beside a muzzled bore:When the Rudyards cease from KiplingAnd the Haggards Ride no more.
  • In short, if your body or mind  Or your soul or your purse come to grief,You need only get drunk, and you'll find  Complete and immediate relief.
  • To see Good Tennis! What divine joyCan fill our leisure, or our minds employ?Let other people play at other things;The King of Games is still the Game of Kings.
  • I do not want to see that girl again:I did not like her: and I should not mindIf she were done away with, killed, or ploughed.She did not seem to serve a useful end:And certainly she was not beautiful.
  • Republic of the West,  Enlightened, free, sublime,Unquestionably best  Production of our time.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
James
Gender
male
Place of birth
United Kingdom
Place of death
Northampton
Occupation
barrister
Educated at
Trinity College
Languages spoken
English language
Image
JK Stephen.jpg
Said to be same as
Jack the Ripper
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date of birth
1859-02-25
date of death
1892-02-03
writing language
English language
Commons category
James Kenneth Stephen
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