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Laurence Oliphant

Born

in Cape Town, Cape Colony, South Africa

August 03, 1829

Died

December 23, 1888

Genre

Travel, Spirituality, Fiction

Influences

Thomas Lake Harris, Anna Kingsford, Edward Maitland
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Laurence Oliphant, M.P. (Stirling Burghs), diplomat, British intelligence agent, Christian mystic, and Christian Zionist.

Lawrence was the only child of Sir Anthony Oliphant (1793–1859), Cape Colony Attorney General and a member of the Scottish landed gentry, who was appointed Chief Justice in Ceylon shortly after the birth. Sir Anthony and his son have been credited with bringing tea to Ceylon and growing 30 tea plants brought over from China on the Oliphant Estate in Nuwara Eliya.

Following his Diplomatic Service and election to Parliament, he left after only 2 years to join the utopian Brotherhood of the New Life in Brocton, New York. His later falling out with the founder Harris forced the latter to sell the property and move the bulk of ...more

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Average rating: 3.51 · 49 ratings · 8 reviews · 157 distinct works • Similar authors

	Journey to Kathmandu 3.53 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1852 — 73 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Russian Shores of the Black Sea 3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1998 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Haifa; or, Life in modern Palestine 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1887 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Piccadilly; A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1870 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When a Stone Begins to Roll: Notes of an Adventurer, Diplomat & Mystic by Laurence Oliphant, T.H. Meyer (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Land Of Gilead - With Excursions In The Lebanon. 2.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1880 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fashionable Philosophy it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Patriots and Filibusters, Or, Incidents of Political and Exploratory Travel it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Land of Khemi: Up and Down the Middle Nile 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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