Timeline of Virginia Woolf’s Life
1882: ♦Born Adeline Virginia Stephen to Leslie Stephen and Julia Prinsep Jackson in Hyde Park Gate, London, England. 1895: ♦Virginia’s mother, Julia, dies of rheumatic fever. ♦Virginia has her first...
View ArticleVirginia Woolf’s Connection to Marie Antoinette
Although Virginia Woolf was a well-known Englishwoman, many people do not know she was of French descent on her mother’s side and a direct descendent of one of Marie Antoinette’s personal attendants....
View ArticleJames Russell Lowell: Virginia Woolf’s Godfather
James Russell Lowell was an American poet whom Virginia Woolf’s father, Leslie Stephen, met during his trip to America during the Civil War. The two became such close friends that Stephen later made...
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