Margaret Oliphant
Margaret Oliphant was an autobiographer, novelist, writer and historian (1828–1897). She was born at Wallyford and died at London.
Also recorded as Mrs. Oliphant; Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant; Margaret Oliphant Wilson; Mrs Oliphant; Mrs. Margaret Oliphant; M. O. W. O..
Margaret Oliphant in brief
- Born
- 1828
- Died
- 1897
- Known for
- autobiographer, novelist, writer and historian
- Place of birth
- Wallyford
Contents
Identity and origins
She also worked under the name Mrs Oliphant. The authorities additionally record the headings Mrs. Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant Wilson, Mrs Oliphant and Mrs. Margaret Oliphant. Her recorded language was English.
One child is recorded: Francis Romano Oliphant.
Catalogued works
78 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1762 to 1997.
Miss Marjoribanks. Phoebe, Junior. Squire Arden. The Wizard's Son. Hester. Dante. Salem Chapel. The Marriage of Elinor. The Heir Presumptive and the Heir Apparent. The Minister's Wife. A Poor Gentleman. Effie Ogilvie: The Story of a Young Life Volume 1. Effie Ogilvie: The Story of a Young Life Volume 2. The Lady's Walk. Miss Marjoribanks : ELTec edition : ELTeC edition. Miss Marjoribanks (first edition). Chronicles of Carlingford: Miss Marjoribanks (print edition). The Project Gutenberg eBook of Miss Marjoribanks, by Mrs. Oliphant. (digital edition). The Two Mrs. Scudamores. Stories of the Seen and Unseen. The Rector; and, The Doctor's Family. A Beleaguered City. A Country Gentleman and his family. A Little Pilgrim in the Unseen. A Widow's Tale and Other Stories. Agnes Hopetoun's Schools and Holidays: The ... Ailieford: A Family History. At his Gates: A Novel. Caleb Field: A Tale of the Puritans. Diana Trelawny: The History of a Great Mist... Harry Muir: A Story of Scottish Life. In Trust: The Story of a Lady and Her Lover. Innocent: A Tale of Modern Life. Janet: The Story of a Governess. John Drayton: Being a History of the Early ... Katie Stewart: A True Story. Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seve... Lady Car: The Sequel of a Life. Lilliesleaf: Being a Concluding Series of P... Madonna Mary: A Story of Modern English Life. The railway man and his children. Royal Edinburgh. Within the precincts. Old Mr. Tredgold. Sir Robert's fortune. Margaret Maitland, of Sunnyside. Mrs. Arthur. Memoir of Count de Montalembert. Passages in the life of Mrs. Margaret Maitland of Sunnyside. The Ladies Lindores. The makers of Florence. Old Lady Mary. A little pilgrim in the seen and the unseen. The laird of Norlaw ... Agnes. Carità. May. Ombra. Oliphant. In trust. A little pilgrim. Royal Edinburgh; her saints, kings, prophets and poets ... Historical sketches of the reign of George Second. Perpetual Curate; Vol. 2. Son of the Soil. The makers of Venice. A widow's tale, dated 1899. He that will not when he may. Quiet Heart, by the Author of 'katie Stewart'. (Orig. Publ. in Blackwood's Magazine). Madonna Mary. Ailieford, by the Author of 'john Drayton'. Wizard's Son. Lucy Crofton, by the Author of 'margaret Maitland'. The atlas of the ancient world : charting the great civilizations of the past / Margaret Oliphant., dated 1997, held by Wellcome Collection. Joseph Bell; an appreciation by an old friend / [Jessie Margaret Edmondston Saxby]., dated 1913, held by Wellcome Collection. Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the petition of Margaret Oliphant, and John Wilson silkdyer in Edinburgh, her husband, for his interest, defenders; against the deceased Archibald Black, and John Chalmers smith in Potter-row, his trustee, pursuers. .., dated 1762, held by Wellcome Collection. M0016138: Portrait of Joseph Bell (1837-1911), dated June 1957, held by Wellcome Collection. A question of identity : women, science, and literature / edited by Marina Benjamin., dated [1993], held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.
Rijksmuseum: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant (1828–1897), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant Wilson (1828–1897), novelist and biographer, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004. Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant Wilson, (4 April 1828–25 June 1897), novelist and writer on many subjects, Who Was Who, 2007. Margaret Oliphant, 1986. Family Tree of Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant, Mrs Oliphant: Fiction to Herself’, 1995. George Eliot, G. H. Lewes, and the House of Blackwood 1856–60, 19, 2020.
Digitised editions and texts
20 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.
Andrew Ramsay of Errol, by the author of 'John Arnold'. (1865) — Internet Archive. Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 2 (of 3) — Internet Archive. A Mysterious Bridegroom (1895) — Internet Archive. A Story of a Voice (1863) — Internet Archive. Janet A Prologue to the Novel (1889) — Internet Archive. Hester (1883) — Internet Archive. The Athelings; or, The three gifts (1857) — Internet Archive. Isabell Carr (1861) — Internet Archive. A Poor Gentleman Vol1 (1889) — Internet Archive. Whiteladies (1875) — Internet Archive. It was a lover and his lass (1883) — Internet Archive. Autobiography and Letters of Mrs MOW Oliphant (1899) — Internet Archive. The Perpetual Curate — Project Gutenberg. Royal Edinburgh: Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets — Project Gutenberg. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign: A Book of Appreciations — Project Gutenberg. The Open Door, and the Portrait.: Stories of the Seen and the Unseen. — Project Gutenberg. Jeanne D'Arc: Her Life And Death — Project Gutenberg. The Athelings; or, the Three Gifts. Complete — Project Gutenberg. Miss Marjoribanks — Project Gutenberg. The Story of a Governess — Project Gutenberg.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 19 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
Chronology
- 1828Margaret Oliphant born at Wallyford.
- 1863A Story of a Voice digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1865Andrew Ramsay of Errol, by the author of 'John Arnold'. digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1883Hester digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1889Janet A Prologue to the Novel digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1895A Mysterious Bridegroom digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1897Margaret Oliphant died at London.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
“Margaret Oliphant”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Consult the source - 2.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q2415217: Margaret Oliphant
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Elsewhere in Books
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