Octavia Wilberforce | |
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| Born | Octavia Margaret Wilberforce 8 January 1888 Sussex, England |
| Died | 19 December 1963 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | London School of Medicine for Women |
| Occupation | Doctor |
| Parent(s) | Reginald Garton Wilberforce, Anna Maria Denman |
| Relatives | Samuel Wilberforce, William Wilberforce, Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman |
Octavia Wilberforce (1888–1963) 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 in the final years of Woolf's life.[1] She was also friends with multiple members of the Bloomsbury Group.
- ^ Jalland, Pat. "Wilberforce, Octavia". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/60923. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)