A Bloomsbury Chronology 1866 Roger Fry born 1877 Desmond Maccarthy born 1879 E.M. Forster born Vanessa Stephen born 1880 Lytton Strachey born Thoby Stephen born Saxon Sydney-Turner born Leonard Woolf born 1881 Clive Bell born 1882 Virginia Stephen born Mary Warre-Cornish born 1883 J.M. Keynes born Adrian Stephen born 1885 Duncan Grant born Roger Fry enters King's College, Cambridge 1888 Roger Fry obtains a First Class honours in natural sciences and decides to study painting xx A Bloomsbury Chronology 1892 Roger Fry studies painting in Paris David Garnett born 1893 Dora Carrington born 1894 Roger Fry gives university extension lectures at Cambridge mainly on Italian art Desmond Maccarthy enters Trinity College, Cambridge 1895 Death of Mrs Leslie Stephen Virginia Stephen's first breakdown 1896 Roger Fry and Helen Coombe married 1897 E.M. Forster enters King's College, Cambridge Desmond MacCarthy leaves Trinity College Virginia Stephen attends Greek and history classes at King's College, London 1899 Roger Fry: Giovanni Bellini Clive Bell, Thoby Stephen, Lytton Strachey, Saxon Sydney-Turner, Leonard Woolf all enter Trinity College, Cambridge The Midnight Society - a 'reading society' - founded at Trinity by Bell, Sydney-Turner, Stephen, and Woolf 1900 Roger Fry gives university extension lectures on art at Cambridge 1go1 Roger Fry becomes art critic for the Athenaeum Vanessa Stephen enters the Royal Academy Schools E.M. Forster leaves Cambridge, travels in Italy and Greece, begins A Room with a View 1902 Duncan Grant attends the Westminster Art School Leonard Woolf, Saxon Sydney-Turner, and Lytton Strachey elected to 'The A Bloomsbury Chronology XXI Apostles' (older members include Roger Fry, Desmond MacCarthy, E.M. Forster) Clive Bell does historical research in London after leaving Cambridge Adrian Stephen enters Trinity College, Cambridge J.M. Keynes enters King's College, Cambridge Virginia Stephen starts private Greek lessons 1903 G.E. Moore: Principia Ethica Roger Fry's first exhibition of paintings and drawings Desmond MacCarthy writes criticism for the Speaker J.M. Keynes elected to 'The Apostles' E.M. Forster's first short story published 1904 Virginia Stephen publishes her first review Leslie Stephen dies, and the Stephen children move to 46 Gordon Square, Bloomsbury E.M. Forster acts as tutor to Countess von Arnim's children in Germany Clive Bell lives in Paris and does historical research Leonard Woolf leaves Cambridge, takes the Civil Service examination and sails for Ceylon as a cadet in the Ceylon Civil Service Saxon Sydney-Turner leaves Cambridge and becomes a clerk in the Estate Duty Office Lytton Strachey works on a fellowship dissertation Virginia Stephen's second breakdown 1905 Euphrosyne: A Collection of Verse, with anonymous contributions by Clive Bell, Saxon Sydney-Turner, Leonard Woolf, and Lytton Strac;hey Roger Fry edits The Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds E.M. Forster: Where Angels Fear to Tread Adrian Stephen leaves Trinity College Virginia Stephen teaching at Morley College, London Thoby Stephen begins the Thursday evenings at Gordon Square for his friends Vanessa Stephen organizes the Friday Club, which is concerned with the arts Lytton Strachey leaves Cambridge J.M. Keynes bracketed Twelfth Wrangler 1906 Clive Bell reads for the Bar XXll A Bloomsbury Chronology Desmond MacCarthy and Mary Warre-Cornish married Roger Fry accepts curatorship of the Department of Painting, Metropolitan Museum of New York Duncan Grant studies art in Paris J.M. Keynes joins the India Office Thoby Stephen dies of typhoid fever 1907 E.M. Forster: The Longest Journey Desmond MacCarthy: The Court Theatre: A Commentary and Criticism Vanessa Stephen and Clive Bell married Duncan Grant lives in Paris after studying a term at the Slade School Virginia and Adrian Stephen move to 29 Fitzroy Square; Thursday evenings begin again Virginia Stephen begins work on her first novel Roger Fry resigns curatorship and becomes European advisor to the Metropolitan Museum Desmond MacCarthy edits the New Quarterly (until 1910) Lytton Strachey begins weekly reviews for the Spectator (until 1909) Play-reading Society begun at 46 Gordon Square with the Bells, Adrian and Virginia Stephen, Strachey, and Sydney-Turner; meets intermittently until 1914 1908 E.M. Forster: A Room with a View Julian Bell born Leonard Woolf becomes Assistant Government Agent, Hambantota, Ceylon J.M. Keynes leaves the Civil Service 1909 Roger Fry: 'An Essay in Aesthetics' Lytton Strachey proposes to Virginia Stephen Duncan Grant moves to 21 Fitzroy Square Roger Fry becomes editor of the Burlington Magazine Lady Ottoline Morrell comes to Thursday evenings in Fitzroy Square J.M. Keynes elected to a fellowship at King's 1910 E.M. Forster: Howards End The Dreadnought hoax takes place in February; Virginia Stephen, Adrian Stephen, Duncan Grant participate. Roger Fry meets Duncan Grant, the Bells; talks to the Friday Club; is dismissed from the Metropolitan Museum by J.P. Morgan Helen Fry confined to a mental institution as incurably insane (dies in 1937) A Bloomsbury Chronology XXlll Virginia Stephen doing volunteer work for women's suffrage Lytton Strachey and Lady Ottoline Morrell meet Quentin Bell born First Post-Impressionist Exhibition at the Grafton Galleries organized by Roger Fry, with Desmond MacCarthy as secretary (from November to January 19n) 19n E.M. Forster: The Celestial Omnibus and Other Stories Virginia Stephen leases a house at Firle, Sussex Roger Fry declines the directorship of the Tate Gallery; starts lecturing at the Slade School Leonard Woolf returns from Ceylon J.M. Keynes becomes a lecturer in economics at Cambridge Virginia and Adrian Stephen move to 38 Brunswick Square where they share a house with Woolf, Keynes, and Grant Vanessa Bell, Roger Fry affair 1912 Lytton Strachey: Landmarks in French Literature E.M. Forster travels in India J.M. Keynes becomes editor of the Economic Journal (until 1945) Leonard Woolf resigns from the Colonial Service Virginia Stephen and Leonard Woolf married; they live in Clifford's Inn, London, and at Asham House, Sussex, after travelling in France, Spain, and Italy Second Post-Impressionist Exhibition organized by Roger Fry with Leonard Woolf as secretary (from November to February 1913) 1913 Virginia Woolf finishes The Voyage Out Leonard Woolf: The Village and the Jungle J.M. Keynes: Indian Currency and Finance E.M. Forster returns from India, begins A Passage to India and writes Maurice Saxon Sydney-Turner joins the Treasury Leonard Woolf begins reviewing for the New Statesman and studying the Co-operative Movement Vanessa Bell falls in love with Duncan Grant Desmond MacCarthy becomes drama critic for the New Statesman Omega Workshops founded by Roger Fry with Duncan Grant as co-director; quarrel with Wyndham Lewis Virginia Woolf suffers another breakdown and attempts suicide XXlV A Bloomsbury Chronology Novel Club exists for about a year 1914 Clive Bell: Art Leonard Woolf: The Wise Virgins Adrian Stephen and Karin Costelloe married Desmond Maccarthy joins the Red Cross and serves in France (until 1915) J.M. Keynes joins the Treasury The Woolfs move to Richmond, Surrey, from Clifford's Inn Clive Bell, Mary Hutchinson relationship begins (until 1927) 1915 Clive Bell: Peace at Once (ordered destroyed by the Lord Mayor of London) Virginia Woolf: The Voyage Out E.M. Forster in Alexandria with the Red Cross (until 1918) The Woolfs move to Hogarth House, Richmond Carrington meets Lytton Strachey and Bloomsbury 1916 Leonard Woolf: International Government: Two Reports Lytton Strachey's claim of conscientious objection to conscription is denied, but he is granted exemption for medical reasons Leonard Woolf is exempted from conscription for medical reasons Clive Bell does alternative service on the Morrells' farm at Garsington Vanessa Bell, her children, Duncan Grant, and David Garnett move to Wissett in Suffolk so that Garnett and Grant can do alternative service on a farm; later in the year they move to Charleston, Firle, Sussex, where the Bells and Duncan Grant live permanently J.M. Keynes and friends take over 46 Gordon Square, which remains Keynes's London home 1917 Leonard Woolf: The Future of Constantinople Clive Bell: Ad Familiares The Woolfs buy a printing press: Two Stories Written and Printed by Virginia Woolf and L.S. Woolf is publication #1 of the Hogarth Press Leonard Woolf edits The Framework for a Lasting Peace; founds the 1917 Club; and becomes secretary to the Labour party advisory committee on imperial and international questions for more than twenty years Virginia Woolf begins keeping a regular diary Lytton Strachey and Carrington set up house at the Mill House, Tidmarsh, Berkshire A Bloomsbury Chronology XXV 1918 Lytton Strachey: Eminent Victorians Clive Bell: Pot-Boilers Mary MacCarthy: A Pier and a Band Desmond MacCarthy: Remnants Leonard Woolf: Co-operation and the Future of Industry Leonard Woolf becomes editor of the International Review Katherine Mansfield's Prelude published by the Hogarth Press At the suggestion of Roger Fry and Duncan Grant, J.M. Keynes persuades the Treasury to purchase works of art from the Degas sale in Paris Angelica Bell, daughter of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, born 1919 Virginia Woolf: Night and Day The Hogarth Press publishes Virginia Woolf's Kew Gardens and T.S. Eliot's Poems, but is unable to publish James Joyce's Ulysses offered to it the year before J.M. Keynes in Paris as the principal respresentative of the Treasury at the Peace Conference; he resigns in June