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Laurence Oliphant

British politician

Died when: 59 years 142 days (712 months)
Star Sign: Leo

 

Laurence Oliphant

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).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.


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