A novelist and publisher, Woolf was born in 1882, the daughter of Sir Leslie Stephen and Julia Jackson. She holidayed at Talland House in St. Ives as a child, and her memories would inspire her works Jacob's Room and To The Lighthouse.
She holidayed at Talland House in St. Ives as a child, and her memories would inspire her works Jacob's Room and To The Lighthouse. To The Lighthouse drew strongly on these visits and on the Cornish scenery, with the eponymous lighthouse based on Godrevy lighthouse, which Woolf visited on September 10th 1892.
She married the writer Leonard Woolf in 1912, and lived with him at Hogarth House, Richmond, Surrey before moving to Bloomsbury. She committed suicide in 1941, drowning in the River Ouse, Sussex.
In Hypatia's collections is a large collection of her work, as well as critical commentaries, essays, and guides. The Hypatia Collection at Exeter houses her complete works, including full set of letters, and diaries. Additional surplus copies are in Cornwall in Elizabeth Treffry Collection.
