AG
's maternal grandfather, William Wilson
, was vicar of Walthamstow in Essex from 1822 to 1848. Two years into his incumbency he constructed there one of the earliest purpose-built infant schools in the country...
Family and Intimate relationships
Margaret Oliphant
In the same year that her first book appeared, Margaret Wilson (later MO
) accompanied her brother Willie
to London for three months, to stay with cousins there while Willie continued his studies for the ministry.
Williams, Merryn. Margaret Oliphant: A Critical Biography. St Martin’s Press, 1986.
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Jay, Elisabeth. Mrs Oliphant: "A Fiction to Herself": A Literary Life. Clarendon Press, 1995.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Margaret Oliphant
MO
's brother Willie
(who had been a burden to her for most of his life) died in Rome.
Jay, Elisabeth. Mrs Oliphant: "A Fiction to Herself": A Literary Life. Clarendon Press, 1995.
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Textual Production
Margaret Oliphant
After his career as a minister failed, MO
's brother Willie
returned home. He helped with her writing by making fair copies of her novels and dealing with her publisher; for this she paid him...