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Margaret Oliphant

1828 - 1897

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Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant (born Margaret Oliphant Wilson; 4 April 1828 – 20 June 1897) was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, who usually wrote as Mrs. Oliphant. Her fictional works cover "domestic realism, the historical novel and tales of the supernatural". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Margaret Oliphant is the 6,279th most popular writer (down from 6,113th in 2024), the 5,450th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,047th in 2019) and the 596th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Margaret Oliphant ranks 6,279 out of 7,302. Before her are Stephen Glass, Ágnes Nemes Nagy, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu, Brené Brown, Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi, and Henry Vaughan. After her are Charlotte Link, Ruskin Bond, Ian McDonald, Charles Eastman, Cressida Cowell, and David McKee.

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Among people born in 1828, Margaret Oliphant ranks 69. Before her are Kanō Hōgai, Joshua Chamberlain, Ignacio de Veintemilla, Charles Allston Collins, Balfour Stewart, and Thomas F. Bayard.  Among people deceased in 1897, Margaret Oliphant ranks 79. Before her are Gardiner Greene Hubbard, Edward Newton, Juan Idiarte Borda, Charles Blondin, Isaac Pitman, and Berthold Englisch.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Margaret Oliphant ranks 5,452 out of 8,785. Before her are Bruce Robinson (1946), Richard Briers (1934), Pete Quaife (1943), Henry Vaughan (1621), Ray Cooper (1947), and Flora Finch (1867). After her are Ian McDonald (1960), Richard Barbieri (1957), Denis Healey (1917), Jane Leeves (1961), Judy Cornwell (1940), and Morton Betts (1847).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Margaret Oliphant ranks 596. Before her are Sarah Trimmer (1741), Owen Barfield (1898), Dannie Abse (1923), William Roscoe (1753), Margaret Drabble (1939), and Henry Vaughan (1621). After her are Ian McDonald (1960), Cressida Cowell (1966), David McKee (1935), Dorothy Richardson (1873), Kathleen Raine (1908), and Chris Claremont (1950).

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