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A Short Biography of Margaret Oliphant

Author Name:

Margaret Oliphant

Born As:

Margaret Oliphant Wilson

Other Names:

Margaret Oliphant Oliphant

Born:

4 Apr 1828

Died:

25 Jun 1897




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Novelist and historical writer                          
Selected Works:

Adam Graeme - 1852
Magdalen Hepburn - 1854
Lilliesleaf - 1855
The Laird of Norlaw - 1858
A series of stories with the collective title of The Chronicles of Carlingford, which, originally appearing in Blackwood's Magazine - 1862-1865, did much to widen her reputation. This series included:
Salem Chapel - 1863
The Rector
Doctor's Family - 1863
The Perpetual Curate - 1864
Miss Marjoribanks - 1866
Phoebe Junior - 1876
Madonna Mary - 1867
Squire Arden - 1871
He that will not when he may - 1880
Hester - 1883
Kirsteen - 1890
The Marriage of Elinor - 1892
The Ways of Life - 1897
The Beleaguered City - 1880
A Little Pilgrim in the Unseen - 1882

Historical and Critical Works:

Historical Sketches of the Reign of George II - 1869
The Makers of Florence - 1876
A Literary History of England from 1760 to 1825 - 1882
The Makers of Venice - 1887
Royal Edinburgh - 1890
Jerusalem - 1891
The Makers of Modern Rome - 1895                          


Married her cousin - Frank Wilson Oliphant - three of their six children died in infancy.  All her children died before Margaret.