Octavia Wilberforce
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 61 years ago |
Date of birth | January 8,1888 |
Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
Born | Sussex |
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Date of died | December 19,1963 |
Books | Octavia Wilberforce: The Autobiography of a Pioneer Woman Doctor |
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ID | 937423 |
Octavia Wilberforce Life story
Octavia Wilberforce was an English physician who made a medical career despite opposition from her parents, with support from Elizabeth Robins. She was in general practice in Brighton, and ran a women's shelter near Henfield. She treated Virginia Woolf's mental illness, near the end of Woolf's life.