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Stephen Coleridge
1854–1936
A lively public campaigner as well as a writer, he moved between the worlds of law, literature, and social reform in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain. His life joined family literary tradition with determined work on child welfare and the anti-vivisection cause.
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The Glory of English Prose
by Stephen Coleridge
Great Testimony against scientific cruelty
by Stephen Coleridge
About the author
Born in London on 31 May 1854, Stephen Coleridge was an English author and barrister, and a great-nephew of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and later built a public reputation that reached far beyond the law courts.
Coleridge became especially known as a social campaigner. He was a co-founder of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, which later became the NSPCC, and he was also a prominent opponent of vivisection. His speeches and writing made him a recognizable public figure in Britain, and he was active in reform causes for many years.
Alongside this work, he wrote books, plays, and memoirs, bringing a literary touch to his public life. He died on 10 April 1936, remembered as a man who combined advocacy, performance, and authorship in a distinctly energetic way.