Naomi Mitchison | |
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 Mitchison in c.1925 | |
| Born | Naomi Mary Margaret Haldane 1 November 1897 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 11 January 1999 (aged 101) Carradale, Scotland |
| Occupation | Biologist, nurse, writer |
| Language | English |
| Education | Society of Oxford Home Students |
| Period | 1914–15 |
| Genre | Historical, science fiction, travelogue and autobiography |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Geoffrey Mitchison (1918–1927) Denis Mitchison (1919–2018) Murdoch Mitchison (1922–2011) Avrion Mitchison (1928–2022) Lois Mitchison Valentine Mitchison Clemency Mitchison |
| Relatives | John Scott Haldane (father) J. B. S. Haldane (brother) |
Naomi Mary Margaret Mitchison, Baroness Mitchison CBE (née Haldane; 1 November 1897 – 11 January 1999) was a Scottish novelist and poet. Often called a doyenne of Scottish literature, she wrote more than 90 books of historical and science fiction, travel writing and autobiography.[1] Her husband Dick Mitchison's life peerage in 1964 entitled her to call herself Lady Mitchison, but she never did.[2][3] Her 1931 work, The Corn King and the Spring Queen, is seen by some as the prime 20th-century historical novel.[4]
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