Katharine STEPHEN (1856

Events in Katharine STEPHEN (1856 - 1924)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
26 Feb 1856		Katharine STEPHEN was born	29 Westbourne Terrace in London
1894	38	Death of father James Fitzjames STEPHEN (aged 65)
1912	56	Death of mother Mary RICHENDA (aged 83)
16 Jul 1924	68	Katharine STEPHEN died	4 Rosary Gardens, South Kensington, London	Note 1

Note 1: buried at Kensal Green cemetery on 21 July 1924

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ADULT TEMPERAMENT:
-"She was, Blanche concluded, ‘always gallant towards life’ (Clough, 26)." (ODNB http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/48465)

ADULT SOCIAL BEHAVIOR:
-Adamantly dedicated to family. Evidence follows (ODNB http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/48465):
-always wrote to mother when she was not in her presence;
-helped to care for Jem Kenneth "during the manic depression which preceded his suicide in 1892"
-was appointed legal guardian of Leslie's daughter Laura Stephen in 1897
-cared for nephew James when his parents went to India
-"She retired to London to live with one brother, next door to the other"

ADULT WORK HABITS:
-"As principal she steered the college through the difficult years of the First World War...Her approach was always marked by common sense, directness, rare unselfishness, and unfailing good humour." (ODNB http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/48465)

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