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Margaret Oliphant Oliphant
Scottish writer
Quick Facts
- Born:
- April 4, 1828, Wallyford, Midlothian, Scot.
- Died:
- June 25, 1897, Windsor, near London (aged 69)
Margaret Oliphant Oliphant (born April 4, 1828, Wallyford, Midlothian, Scot.—died June 25, 1897, Windsor, near London) was a prolific Scottish novelist, historical writer, and biographer best known for her portraits of small-town life. In 1852 she married her cousin, Francis Wilson Oliphant, an artist in stained glass, and settled in London. Widowed in 1859, she began a wearisome struggle to provide, by writing, for her children and later for her brother’s children. Between 1849 and her death she published more than 100 separate books of which the best known are the Chronicles of Carlingford, published anonymously 1863–66. These four novels ...(100 of 193 words)