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Margaret Oliphant Oliphant: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born April 4, 1828 • Scotland
Died June 25, 1897 (aged 69) • near London • England
Notable Works “Annals of a Publishing House: William Blackwood and his Sons” • “Miss Marjoribanks” • “Salem Chapel”

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Margaret Oliphant, detail of a drawing by J.M. Oliphant, 1895
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