Stevenson, Lilian Sinclair

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b Rathgar, Co Dublin, Ireland 1870 or 71, d Beaconsfield, Bucks 1960. Raised in a Presbyterian manse, after studies at the Slade Sch of Art in London she worked with Temple Gairdner of Cairo in forming the Art Students’ Christian Union, which merged with the new Student Christian Movement. She edited the SCM’s journals (the Student Volunteer and Student Movement) at various times between 1896 and 1903. Latterly she was active in the Fellowship of Reconciliation (of Christian pacifists, founded in 1914) and loved to welcome overseas students in her home. Her later years were spent partly at Gerrards Cross, Bucks. No.295.