Dictionary of British Biography

…After graduating from Cambridge University, he became a priest, but he became skeptical of religion and turned to literature. He served as editor-in-chief of the literary magazine Cornhill Magazine (1871-82), editor-in-chief of the English Literary Critical Series, and first editor-in-chief of the Dictionary of British Biography (1882-91), and became a leading figure in British literary circles, producing many works. After his death, the so-called Bloomsbury Group was formed around his children (Vanessa and Virginia Woolf). …

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…ケンブリッジ大学卒業後聖職についたが，宗教に疑いを抱き文学に転ずる。文芸雑誌《コーンヒル･マガジン》の主筆(1871‐82)，《イギリス文人評伝叢書》の主幹や《イギリス国民伝記辞典》の初代編集長(1882‐91)などを歴任，イギリス文壇の大御所的存在となり，多くの著作がある。彼の死後，その遺児(バネッサとバージニア･ウルフ)を中心にいわゆるブルームズベリー･グループが形成された。…

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