Background
Thoby Stephen was the eldest son of Leslie Stephen and Julia Prinsep.
Thoby Stephen was the eldest son of Leslie Stephen and Julia Prinsep.
Clifton College; Trinity College.
As the result of his mother"s previous marriage he was also a half-brother of George and Gerald Duckworth. He was educated at Clifton College, after failing to gain a place at Eton. He was described as "over six feet tall and of somewhat ponderous build".
Stephen is credited with starting the Bloomsbury Group"s Thursday evening gatherings.
He was expected to distinguish himself, but he contracted typhoid at the age of 26 while on holiday in Greece, and died shortly after he was brought back to England. Vanessa Bell"s eldest son, the poet Julian Bell, was named after him.