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About Sir Alexander Condie Stephen, KCMG KCVO CB
Wikipedia Biographical Summary
Sir Alexander Condie Stephen (20 July 1850 - 10 May 1908), KCMG, KCVO, CB was a British diplomat and translator from Russian and Persian.
He was the first translator of Lermontov's long poem "The Demon" into English, in 1875. He translated "Fairy Tales of a Parrot" from Persian in 1880.
He was knighted KCVO on 24 August 1900, for being HM minister resident in Dresden and Coburg. He was Groom in Waiting to King Edward VII from 1901.
He was caricatured in a Vanity Fair "Spy" print on 18 December 1902, as "Russian, Persian and Turkish". Stephen is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.
SOURCE: Wikipedia contributors, 'Alexander Condie Stephen', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 20 August 2013, 12:57 UTC, <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Condie_Stephen&...> [accessed 2 October 2013]
Other References
- Burke, Bernard, Sir, 1814-1892. cn; Burke, Ashworth Peter, 1864-1919. A genealogical and heraldic history of the colonial gentry, Vol. I; London, Harrison; 1891; page 43
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Sir Alexander Condie Stephen, KCMG KCVO CB's Timeline
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July 20, 1850
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May 10, 1908
Age 57
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Brompton Cemetery, London, England (United Kingdom)
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