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Leonard Sidney Woolf
Born:
22 Kislev 5641 (25 November 1880)
Died:
30 Av 5729 (14 August 1969)
Basic Information
Unique reference:
WOO6039
Gender:
Male
Birth
Date of birth:
22 Kislev 5641 (25 November 1880)
Place of birth:
London
Death
Date of death:
30 Av 5729 (14 August 1969)
Died in combat?:
No
Places
Addresses
His home:
17 The Green, Richmond (1914)
His home:
Hogarth House (1915)
Schools
Name:
Arlington House School
Name:
St Pauls' School
Name:
Trinity College, Cambridge
Other Organisations
Name:
Labour Party
Significance:
Member
Name:
Political Quartlery
Significance:
Founder
Name:
International Review
Significance:
Editor
Name:
Fabian Society
Significance:
Member
Name:
New Statesman
Significance:
Contributor
Name:
The Bloomsbury Group
Significance:
Member
Name:
Hogarth Press
Significance:
Founder
Synagogues
Name:
Upper Berkeley Street Synagogue
Family
Spouse
Adeline Virginia Stephen "Virginia" (female)
Other surname / Maiden name:
Woolf
Place of marriage:
King's Cross Registry Office, 1912
Siblings
Arnold Herbert Sidney Woolf "Herbert" (male)
Benjamin Sidney Woolf (male)
Clara Sidney Woolf (female)
Flora Sidney Woolf (female)
Parents
Father: Solomon Rees Sidney Woolf Q.C. (male)
Mother: Marie Bathilde de Jongh (female)
Homefront
Member of family in armed forces:
Three brothers - Edgar, Cecil and Philip
What was the impact of this:
Leonard was rejected for conscription in 1916. When his brother Cecil died, Philip and his wife Virginia compiled all Cecil's unpublished poems into a book and had them published.
Other Occupations
Type of employment:
Civil Service in Ceylon
Date started:
1904
Date left:
1912
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