Laurence Oliphant | |
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Born | |
Died | December 23, 1888 York House, Twickenham, London, England | (aged 59)
Nationality | British |
Occupation(s) | Author Traveller |
Spouse(s) | Alice le Strange Oliphant (1872-1886) Rosamond Oliphant (1888) |
Laurence Oliphant (3 August 1829 – 23 December 1888), a Member of Parliament, was a South African-born British author, traveller, diplomat, British intelligence agent, Christian mystic, and Christian Zionist. His best known book in his lifetime was a satirical novel, Piccadilly (1870).[1] More heed has gone since to his plan for Jewish farming communities in the Holy Land, The Land of Gilead.[2] Oliphant was a UK Member of Parliament for Stirling Burghs.