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Who were Virginia Woolf’s parents?

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Virginia Woolf’s parents were Sir Leslie Stephen and Julia Jackson.12

Her father, Leslie Stephen, was a prominent Victorian literary figure, critic, and the first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography. Her mother, Julia Jackson, was known for her beauty and social connections, which included her aunt, the noted portrait photographer Julia Margaret Cameron.12

Both parents had been married previously and had children from those unions before marrying each other in 1878. Together, they had four children: Vanessa, Thoby, Virginia, and Adrian.2