See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

MARGARET See also:

• OLIPHANT, LAURENCE (1829–1888)
• MARGARET OLIPHANT OLIPHANT (1828-1897)
• OLIPHANT, OLIFANT (Ger. Helfant)

OLIPHANT OLIPHANT (1828-1897)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British novelist and See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical writer, daughter of See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis See also:

• WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
• WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
• WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
• WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
• WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
• WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
• WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
• WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
• WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
• WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
• WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
• WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
• WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
• WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
• WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )

Wilson, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Wallyford, near See also:

• MUSSELBURGH

Musselburgh, Midlothian, in 1828 . Her childhood was spent at Lasswade (near See also:

• DALKEITH

Dalkeith), See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow and See also:

• LIVERPOOL
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS
• LIVERPOOL, EARLS OF

Liverpool . As a girl she constantly occupied herself with See also:

• LITERARY

literary experiments, and in 1849 published her first novel, Passages in the See also:

• LIFE

Life of Mrs See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret See also:

• MAITLAND (MAITLAND OF LETHINGTON), WILLIAM
• MAITLAND, EAST
• MAITLAND, EDWARD (1824-1897)
• MAITLAND, FREDERIC WILLIAM (1850-1906)
• MAITLAND, SIR RICHARD (LORD LETHINGTON) (1496-r586)

Maitland . It dealt with the Scottish See also:

• FREE

Free See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement, with which Mr and Mrs Wilson both sympathized, and had some success . This she followed up in 1851 with See also:

• CALEB (Heb. keleb, " dog ")

Caleb See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

Field, and in the same See also:

• YEAR

year met See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

Major See also:

• BLACKWOOD, WILLIAM (1776-1834)

Blackwood in See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, and was invited by him to contribute to the famous Blackwood's See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine . The connexion thus See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early commenced lasted during her whole lifetime, and she contributed considerably more than too articles to its pages . In May 1852 she married her See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin, See also:

• FRANK, JAKOB (1726-1791)

Frank Wilson See also:

• OLIPHANT, LAURENCE (1829–1888)
• OLIPHANT, MARGARET OLIPHANT (1828-1897)
• OLIPHANT, OLIFANT (Ger. Helfant)

Oliphant, at See also:

• BIRKENHEAD

Birkenhead, and settled at See also:

• HARRINGTON
• HARRINGTON, EARLS OF
• HARRINGTON, or HARINGTON, JAMES (16'1-'677)

Harrington Square, in See also:

• LONDON

London . Her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband was an artist, principally in stained See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass . He had very delicate See also:

• HEALTH

health, and two of their See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children died in See also:

• INFANCY

infancy, while the See also:

• FATHER

father himself See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed alarming symptoms of See also:

• CONSUMPTION (Lat. consumere)

consumption . For the See also:

• SAKE

sake of his health they moved in See also:

• JANUARY

January 1859 to See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence, and thence to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, where Frank Oliphant died . His wife, See also:

• LEFT

left almost entirely without resources, returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and took up the See also:

• BURDEN, or BURTHEN

burden of supporting her three children by her own literary activity . She had now become a popular writer, and worked with amazing See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry to sustain her position .

Unfortunately, her See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home life was full of sorrow and disappointment . In January 1864 her only daughter died in Rome, and was buried in her father's See also:

• GRAVE

grave . Her See also:

• BROTHER

brother, who had emigrated to See also:

• CANADA

Canada, was shortly afterwards involved in See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial ruin, and Mrs Oliphant offered a home to him and his children, and added their support to her already heavy responsibilities . In 1866 she settled at See also:

• WINDSOR
• WINDSOR (properly NEw WINDSOR)

Windsor to be near her sons who were being educated at See also:

• ETON

Eton . This was her home for the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of her life, and for more than See also:

• THIRTY

thirty years she pursued a varied literary career with courage scarcely broken by a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of the gravest troubles . The ambitions she cherished for her sons were unfulfilled . See also:

• CYRIL (376-444)
• CYRIL (827-869)
• CYRIL (c. 315–386)

Cyril Francis, the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder, died in 189o, leaving a Life of See also:

• ALFRED

Alfred de See also:

• MUSSET, LOUIS CHARLES ALFRED DE (1810-18S7)

Musset, incorporated in his See also:

• MOTHER

mother's See also:

• FOREIGN

Foreign See also:

• CLASSICS

Classics for See also:

• ENGLISH

English Readers . The younger, Frank, collaborated with her in the Victorian See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

Age of English Literature and won a position at the British Museum, but was rejected by the doctors . He died in 1894 . With the last of her children lost to her, she had but little further See also:

• INTEREST

interest in life . Her health steadily declined, and she died at See also:

• WIMBLEDON

Wimbledon, on the 25th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1897 . In the course of her See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long struggle with circumstances, Mrs Oliphant produced more than 120 See also:

• SEPARATE

separate See also:

• WORKS

works, including novels, books of travel and description, histories and volumes of literary See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism .

Among the best known of her works of fiction are See also:

• ADAM
• ADAM (or ADAN) DE LE HALE (died c. 1288)
• ADAM, ALEXANDER (1741–1809)
• ADAM, JULIETTE (1836– )
• ADAM, LAMBERT SIGISBERT (1700-1759)
• ADAM, MELCHIOR (d. 1622)
• ADAM, PAUL (1862– )
• ADAM, ROBERT (1728—1792)
• ADAM, SIR FREDERICK (1781-1853)
• ADAM, WILLIAM (1751-1839)

Adam Graeme (1852), Magdalen See also:

• HEPBURN, SIR JOHN (c. 1598-1636)

Hepburn (1854), Lilliesleaf (1855), The See also:

• LAIRD, MACGREGOR (18o8—1861)

Laird of Norlaw (1858) and a series of stories with the collective See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of The See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

Chronicles of See also:

• CARLINGFORD
• CARLINGFORD, CHICHESTER SAMUEL FORTESCUE, BARON (1823–1898)

Carlingford, which, originally appearing in Blackwood's Magazine (1862-1865), did much to widen her reputation . This series included See also:

• SALEM

Salem See also:

• CHAPEL

Chapel (1863), The See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

Rector; and the See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

Doctor's See also:

• FAMILY

Family (1863), The Perpetual See also:

• CURATE (from the Lat. curare, to take care of)

Curate (1864) and See also:

• MISS

Miss Marjoribanks (1866) . Other successful novels were Madonna See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary (1867), See also:

• SQUIRE

Squire See also:

• ARDEN, FOREST OF

Arden (1871), He that will not when he may (188o), Hester (1 883) ,Kirsteen (189o), The See also:

• MARRIAGE

Marriage of Elinor (1892) and The Ways of Life (1897) . Her tendency to See also:

• MYSTICISM (from Or. µuety, to shut the eyes; µuorrts, one initiated into the mysteries)

mysticism found expression in The Beleaguered See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

City (188o) and A Little See also:

• PILGRIM

Pilgrim in the Unseen (1882) . Her See also:

• BIOGRAPHIES

biographies of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• IRVING, EDWARD (1792-1834)
• IRVING, SIR HENRY (1838-1905)
• IRVING, WASHINGTON (1783-18J9)

Irving (1862) and Laurence Oliphant (1892), together with her life of See also:

• SHERIDAN
• SHERIDAN, PHILIP HENRY (1831-1888)

Sheridan in the "English Men of Letters " (1883), have vivacity and a sympathetic See also:

• TOUCH (derived through Fr. toucher from a common Teutonic and Indo-Germanic root, cf. " tug," " tuck," O. H. Ger. zucchen, to twitch or draw)

touch . She also wrote historical and See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical works of considerable variety, including Historical Sketches of the Reign of See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George II . (1869), The Makers of Florence (1876), A Literary See also:

• HISTORY

History of England from i790 to 1825 (1882), The Makers of See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice (1887), Royal Edinburgh (189o), See also:

• JERUSALEM (Heb. ^S0-r, Yerushalaim, pronounced as a dual)
• JERUSALEM, SYNOD OF (1672)

Jerusalem (1891) and The Makers of See also:

• MODERN

Modern Rome(1895), while at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of her See also:

• DEATH

death she was still occupied upon See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

Annals of a See also:

• PUBLISHING

Publishing See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House, a See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record of the progress and achievement of the See also:

• FIRM

firm of Blackwood, with which she had been so long and honourably connected . Iler Autobiography and Letters, which See also:

• PRESENT

present a touching picture of her domestic anxieties, appeared in 1899 .