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 scheme for planting Jewish farming colonies in the Holy Land, The Land of Gilead. Oliphant was a UK Member of Parliament for Stirling Burghs.

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General Info

Male

Date of Birth

August 3rd, 1829

Age

196

Birth Place

South Africa, Western Cape

Date of Death

December 23rd, 1888

Died Aged