All those interested in Eric Stenbock, myself very much included, owe a tremendous debt of love and gratitude to the beautiful David Tibet for his generosity with his knowledge, materials, and care.
A Stenbock Slide Show
Stenbock’s Life
March 12, 1860: Born in Cheltenham
April 15, 1861: Erik Stenbock (father) dies
June 9, 1864: Lucy Stenbock (mother) marries Francis (Frank) Mowatt
1875-77: Gymnasium in Wiesbaden (studies Russian, prepares for service in the Russian army)
24 April 1879- May 1881: Balliol College, Oxford (4 terms); converts to Catholicism and active in Catholic societies (may have known Gerard Manley Hopkins)
1881: Love, Sleep & Dreams published (Shrimpton, Oxford)
1881-2: London, Wiesbaden, Kolk, St. Petersburg
1883: Myrtle, Rue, and Cypress published (Hatchards, London)
1884: Belgium (Bruges, Antwerp)
February 11, 1885: Grandfather dies, Eric inherits estates
1885-1887: Estonia (Kolk), St. Petersburg
1887-1893/4: London: lived in Chelsea (Sloane Terrace) and Kensington
1893: Shadow of Death published (Leadenhall Press, London)
June 1893: “The Other Side” published in The Spirit Lamp (edited by Alfred Douglas)
1894: Studies of Death (David Nutt, London); “La Mazurka des Revenants” rejected by Yellow Book
1893(?)-1895: Brighton
April 26, 1895: Dies in Brighton
March 12, 1860: Born in Cheltenham
April 15, 1861: Erik Stenbock (father) dies
June 9, 1864: Lucy Stenbock (mother) marries Francis (Frank) Mowatt
1875-77: Gymnasium in Wiesbaden (studies Russian, prepares for service in the Russian army)
24 April 1879- May 1881: Balliol College, Oxford (4 terms); converts to Catholicism and active in Catholic societies (may have known Gerard Manley Hopkins)
1881: Love, Sleep & Dreams published (Shrimpton, Oxford)
1881-2: London, Wiesbaden, Kolk, St. Petersburg
1883: Myrtle, Rue, and Cypress published (Hatchards, London)
1884: Belgium (Bruges, Antwerp)
February 11, 1885: Grandfather dies, Eric inherits estates
1885-1887: Estonia (Kolk), St. Petersburg
1887-1893/4: London: lived in Chelsea (Sloane Terrace) and Kensington
- Circle of acquaintances: Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley (as a guest at the Beardsley Thursday studio teas in 1893, Simeon Solomon, Walter Pater(?), Lionel Johnson, W.B. Yeats, Max Beerbohm, Charles Shannon, Charles Ricketts, John Lane, More Adey, Robbie Ross, Aymer Vallance, Gleeson White, Ernest Rhys (last meeting is at the Cheshire Cheese)
1893: Shadow of Death published (Leadenhall Press, London)
June 1893: “The Other Side” published in The Spirit Lamp (edited by Alfred Douglas)
1894: Studies of Death (David Nutt, London); “La Mazurka des Revenants” rejected by Yellow Book
1893(?)-1895: Brighton
April 26, 1895: Dies in Brighton