George Stepney
Illustration — George Stepney George Stepney (1663 – 15 September 1707) was an English poet and diplomat. Stepney was the son of George Stepney, groom of the chamber to Charles II, and was born in Westminster. He was admitted on the foundation of Westminster School in 1676, and in 1682 became a scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge, becoming a fellow of his college in 1687.
George Stepney
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- Born
- 1663
- Died
- 1707
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George Stepney (30 July 1663 – 15 September 1707) is described as a diplomat and poet in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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The birth of George Stepney is recorded on 30 July 1663, and the death on 15 September 1707.
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Born in 1663, died in 1707.
A portrait from the Welsh Portrait Collection at the National Library of Wales. Depicted person: George Stepney – English diplomat (1663-1707)
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- 1.Stepney, George.
- 2.Royal Society. Library and Archive Catalogue. January 2017.
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