Person    | Male  Born 25/11/1880  Died 14/8/1969

Leonard Woolf

Categories: Journalism / Publishing, Literature

Countries: Ceylon

Author and publisher. Born Leonard Sidney Woolf in Kensington. After working in the Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) Civil Service, he returned to Britain where he met and married Virginia Stephen. Together they were influential in the Bloomsbury Group and founded the Hogarth Press in 1917. Died at Monk's House, Rodmell, Sussex.

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Leonard Woolf

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Bloomsbury Group - Brunswick Square

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Leonard and Virginia Woolf

In this house Leonard and Virginia Woolf lived, 1915 - 1924, and founded the ...

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Leonard Woolf's Ceylon

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Virginia & Leonard Woolf - Tavistock Square

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