journalist
Laurence Oliphant.
British author, traveller, diplomat and Christian mystic (1829-1888)
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About Laurence Oliphant
Laurence Oliphant, 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). More heed has gone since to his plan for Jewish farming communities in the Holy Land, The Land of Gilead. Oliphant was a UK Member of Parliament for Stirling Burghs.
Everything about Laurence Oliphant →- Occupation
- journalist, politician, writer, diplomat
- Position held
- member of the 19th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- August 3, 1829
- Died
- December 23, 1888