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	Laurence Oliphant - LoveToKnow 1911
		Sir Laurence Oliphant of Aberdalgie, Perthshire, who was created a lord of the Scottish parliament before 1458, was descended from Sir William Oliphant of Aberdalgie and on the female side from King Robert the Bruce.
		Laurence's son, Laurence, the 4th lord (1529-1593), was a partisan of Mary queen of Scots, and was succeeded by his grandson Laurence (1583-1631), who left no sons when he died.
		One of this Oliphant's descendants was Carolina, Baroness Nairne.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Laurence_Oliphant (1393 words)

	OLIPHANT. Laurence, author of "Piccadilly"
		Laurence was sent out in the winter of the same year in charge of a private tutor who continued to teach him in Ceylon: but his education was much interrupted.
		Oliphant had a glimpse of the Siege of Sebastopol: and, though he could not obtain an authorisation for his scheme, was invited by the Duke of Newcastle to join him on a visit to the Circassian coasts.
		Oliphant was without employment for a time, but in 1860 amused himself by a visit to Italy, where he saw Cavour, and formed a plot with Garabaldi for breaking up the ballot boxes at Nice on occasion of the vote for annexation to France.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/ntor/oliphants5.htm (3401 words)

	Internet Obituary Network, Obituary for (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Oliphant began his career at Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory under the direction of Lord Ernest Rutherford and was part of the team to first split the atom in 1932.
		Oliphant became a lifelong protestor against war and atomic weapons, and was in 1950 blocked from attending a Chicago conference on use of atomics.
		Oliphant held a number of honorary government offices and medals honoring his achievements in science, and was knighted in 1959.
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	Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant: Moulton's library of literary criticism, vol. VIII
		Oliphant perhaps the secret was to be found in the fact of her being able to concentrate her thoughts quickly on the matter that had to be attended to, and her ability to do her work at any time.
		Oliphant will probably be thought to have touched the height of her creative and dramatic power in the "Chronicles of Carlingford," stories of the quiet, decorous, and yet concentrated life of an old-fashioned English provincial town, in several of which the same characters reappear.
		Oliphant's advanced years and multiplied sorrows, her wonderful vitality to the last gave little sign of decay, and she continued to the day of her death to be one of the ornaments of a profession which she had adorned for nearly fifty years.--G
	gaslight.mtroyal.ca /oliphant.htm (1987 words)

	Old China - Oliphant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Laurence Oliphant was one of the most prolific travel narrative writers of the 19th century, and also a classic Victorian character.
		Oliphant refers darkly to recent "occurrences" amongst the Chinese populations of several British possessions in the region including a "treacherous attempt upon the lives of the British residents at Hong Kong", a reference to an attempt by a Chinese baker to kill off the Colony's foreign community by lacing their bread with arsenic.
		Oliphant said it was significant of the character of the Chinese race that these were not the strongholds of a local feudal baron, "but of some old usurer who needs a fortress for the preservation of sundry goods and chattels which he holds in pawn for the credit of his victims.
	www.earnshaw.com /past_version/earnshaw9602/old-oli.htm (3726 words)

	Voyages In Time ~ Family, Friends & Places
		Laurence Blair Oliphant said yesterday that he was surprised to hear of the claim to the title, which has established him and his wife, Jennifer, as head of the clan at the family seat at Ardblair Castle, in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, which has been handed down to the clan chief for 600 years.
		Laurence Oliphant’s four-times great-grandfather was aide-de-camp to Bonnie Prince Charlie during the 1745 Jacobite risings.
		Laurence said that he was shocked to learn of the legal ruling and indicated another century of wrangling was on the cards.
	www.zip.com.au /~lnbdds/home/maxtone3.htm (2475 words)

	Margaret Oliphant Oliphant - LoveToKnow 1911
		MARGARET OLIPHANT OLIPHANT (1828-1897), British novelist and historical writer, daughter of Francis Wilson, was.
		Her brother, who had emigrated to Canada, was shortly afterwards involved in financial ruin, and Mrs Oliphant offered a home to him and his children, and added their support to her already heavy responsibilities.
		Her biographies of Edward Irving (1862) and Laurence Oliphant (1892), together with her life of Sheridan in the "English Men of Letters" (1883), have vivacity and a sympathetic touch.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Margaret_Oliphant_Oliphant (694 words)

	Laurence Oliphant Biography \| Dictionary of Literary Biography
		Oliphant was born in Capetown, South Africa, in 1829.
		While Oliphant was allowed to engage in commercial enterprises for the community, his wife and mother were given menial tasks, and for long periods he was kept away from them.
		Oliphant's clever assault on the Wholly Worldlies and the Worldly Holies is not understood by those who have never associated worldliness with holiness.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/laurence-oliphant-dlb (1086 words)

	AAS-Biographical memoirs-Oliphant
		Oliphant's outstanding international reputation was based on his pioneering discoveries in nuclear physics in Cambridge in the 1930s and his remarkable contributions to wartime radar research and to the development of the atomic bomb.
		Oliphant completed his PhD at a time when the staff of the Cavendish Laboratory, led by Rutherford, were famous for their fundamental discoveries about atomic structure and their pioneering development of the new science of nuclear physics.
		Oliphant was a generous manager and his 'one man rule' enjoyed the strong support of the academic staff, most of whom had never before worked in an adequately funded laboratory where needs were anticipated rather than placed in a queue.
	www.science.org.au /academy/memoirs/oliphant.htm (14167 words)

	Mark Oliphant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Oliphant's contribution to this work was his discovery of helium 3 and tritium.
		In 1937 Oliphant was appointed Professor of Physics at the University of Birmingham.
		Oliphant said that: "The minutes and reports had been sent to Lyman Briggs, who was the Director of the Uranium Committee, and we were puzzled to receive virtually no comment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mark_Oliphant (1110 words)

	Laurence Oliphant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Laurence Oliphant (1829, Cape Town - December 23, 1888, Twickenham), was a British author, international traveller, diplomatist and mystic.
		Laurence Oliphant was the son of Sir Anthony Oliphant (1793-1859), At the time of his son's birth, he was attorney-general in Cape Colony, but was soon transferred as chief justice to Ceylon.
		Oliphant was Lord Elgin's private secretary on his expedition to China and Japan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Laurence_Oliphant (1286 words)

	OLIPHANT. Laurence, fourth Lord Oliphant
		After the retirement of Morton from the Regency, Oliphant attended a meeting of the parliament in the Castle of Stirling on 16 July 1578, presided over by the King.
		Oliphant died at Caithness on 16 January, 1593 and was buried in the Church of Wick.
		The sons were Laurence, Master of Oliphant and John Oliphant of Newlands.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/ntor/oliphants3.htm (675 words)

	§26. Laurence Oliphant. III. Critical and Miscellaneous Prose. Vol. 14. The Victorian Age, Part Two. The Cambridge ...
		But the most extraordinary episode of all was Oliphant’s subjection to the “prophet” Thomas Lake Harris, whom the disciple believed to be not only a prophet, but “the greatest poet of the age,” and to whom he surrendered the whole of his property.
		Other products were of a very different sort; for Oliphant seems to have united with this trait of enthusiasm a marked talent for business, which the prophet was shrewd enough to employ for his own benefit.
		In the literary sense, however, Oliphant’s most valuable work was the satiric fiction Piccadilly, which shows him to have been a keen observer and a penetrating critic of the society of his time.
	www.bartleby.com /224/0326.html (418 words)

	Physics Today July 2001
		Marcus Laurence Elwin "Mark" Oliphant, a leader during World War II in both radar development and the separation of uranium-235 for the atomic bomb, died on 14 July 2000 in Canberra, Australia, of natural causes.
		Oliphant and Rutherford realized that these "protons" were "still-heavier hydrogen," which they named "tritium," and that the "alpha particles" they saw were helium-3.
		When Oliphant visited the US in August, he found that the uranium committee secretary had simply locked the memo in his safe, telling nobody, because the US was "not at war." Oliphant found little interest in atomic bombs among the physicists, most thinking them improbable.
	www.physicstoday.org /pt/vol-54/iss-7/p73b.html (1147 words)

	Mark Oliphant Passes (1901-2000)
		ir Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant, who died on 14 July, 2000, at the age of 98, was one of the "originals", a participant in the First Pugwash Conference in 1957; he probably was the oldest Pugwashite.
		Oliphant's main contributions were the discovery of tritium, the third isotope of hydrogen, and the establishment of the reactions that take place at collisions between deuterons (the nuclei of the second isotope of hydrogen).
		Oliphant vehemently opposed the use of the atom bomb on the Japanese cities.
	www.pugwash.org /reports/pim/pim22.htm (651 words)

	LAURENCE PHILIP KINGTON BLAIR OLIPHANT, AN INTERVIEW WITH SARAH POWELL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The title of Lord was conferred on the Oliphants in the mid-fifteenth century, when one Sir Laurence Oliphant was created the 1st Lord Oliphant by James II, a title which fell dormant at the death in the eighteenth century of the 10th Lord Oliphant.
		However, while Laurence was undoubtedly in line to inherit Gask, and indeed considered the estate his rightful inheritance, a provision in his uncle James' will that the estate of Gask should be left to his heir male descended through heirs male from whomsoever descended, effectively and quite deliberately disallowed his claim.
		The Oliphant family has a long tradition of farming and Laurence Blair Oliphant continues this activity, cultivating the estate's 780 acres and a further 530 acres of a holding near Glamis.
	www.burkes-peerage.net /sites/common/sitepages/page13h-nov.asp (2380 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Laurence,
		Laurence, Margaret LAURENCE, MARGARET [Laurence, Margaret] (Jean Margaret Laurence), 1926-87, Canadian novelist, b.
		Laurence was particularly concerned with character, and her writings usually focused on women
		Olivier, Laurence Kerr, Baron Olivier of Brighton OLIVIER, LAURENCE KERR, BARON OLIVIER OF BRIGHTON [Olivier, Laurence Kerr, Baron Olivier of Brighton], 1907-89, English actor, director, and producer.
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	The Korea Times : The Tsushima Occupation of 1861 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Oliphant was severely wounded in the shoulder but managed to chase off his would-be assassin.
		The captain told Oliphant that he would be glad when he could leave the island because he was ``heartily sick of his exile’’ on the island.
		Oliphant suggested that the captain send word to the Russian admiral appraising him of the political ramifications of remaining on the island and that its continued occupation could cause trouble between England and Russia.
	times.hankooki.com /lpage/opinion/200504/kt2005040818441454150.htm (1039 words)

	Clan Oliphant
		The heir was killed at Flodden in 1523 and the 3rd Lord Oliphant was taken prisoner at Solway Moss in 1542 and ransomed.
		The Oliphants of Gask the cadet branch continued the line and were noted for their strong Jacobite sentiments.
		The Scottish poetess, Carolina Oliphant (Lady Nairne) was born in 1766 of the family of Gask.
	www.highlandtraveller.com /clans/oliphant.html (321 words)

	Arrogant Bastards
		Oliphant and his colleagues made the obligatory side trip to Macao the older Portuguese settlement to the west as an antidote to the frustrations of upstart Hongkong.
		Oliphant was also offended in the extreme by the sight of Chinese women.
		Oliphant praises the locals of Tientsin for their respectful behavior towards the foreigners until one day a crowd pelted and hooted the British Admiral while he was out walking.
	www.earnshaw.com /arrogant/arrogantbastards1.html (4491 words)

	Commentary Magazine - The Bohemian Who Wrote "Hatikvah" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		...Laurence was a favorite of Queen Victoria's, a friend of the Prince of Wales, a darling of international society...
		...It is possible that among the thousands of frightened Jews the Oliphants had met in passing through Bukovina there was a woman from Zloczov who kept talking of her son, her Herzl, who was in Constantinople and a linguist and a prodigy...
		...Oliphant was old enough to be the father of both, and a kinder, more understanding father than the one Herzl Imber could not get along with at home...
	www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V11I1P54-1.htm (8202 words)

	thePeerage.com - Laurence Philip Kington-Blair-Oliphant of Ardblair and Gask and others
		Laurence Philip Kington-Blair-Oliphant of Ardblair and Gask was educated in Glenalmond College, Perthshire, Scotland.
		She married Laurence Philip Kington-Blair-Oliphant of Ardblair and Gask, son of Major Philip James Kington-Blair-Oliphant of Ardblair and Beatrice Mary Carroll, on 11 August 1973.
		She is the daughter of Laurence Philip Kington-Blair-Oliphant of Ardblair and Gask and Jennifer Caroline Anscombe.
	www.thepeerage.com /p12504.htm (1105 words)

	The Difference Dictionary:O
		Laurence Oliphant (1829-1888) - British journalist, novelist, explorer, diplomat, utopian, and spiritualist.
		A narrative of his life history indicates the ideal career for a spy -- travel to areas of diplomatic and military interest, followed by "a pleasant book of travel," and he is rumored to have plotted with Garibaldi in Italy.
		There is some speculation that Harris had promised him a cure for inherited syphilis, from which Oliphant suffered.
	www.sff.net /people/Gunn/dd/o.htm (416 words)

	Oliphant, Laurence - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		OLIPHANT, LAURENCE [Oliphant, Laurence], 1829-88, British author, b.
		After Alice's death Oliphant married (1888) Rosamond Dale Owen, granddaughter of Robert Owen.
		Bibliography: See her My Perilous Life in Palestine (1928); biography by his cousin, Margaret Oliphant (1891); study by V. and R. Colby (1966).
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-oliphntl.html (388 words)

	Scotland on Sunday - City slicker clan chief the Oliphants forgot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Lord Lyon, Robin Blair, said in a statement: "I have granted a petition which was presented by Mr Richard Oliphant to be the Chief of the Oliphant Clan.
		He said: "There was no recognised or official chief of the Oliphant clan before my claim, and therefore it was not a challenge to anyone else’s title.
		Colin Moodie, a committee member of the Blairgowrie Highland Games, said: "Laurence is an extremely popular and generous gentleman, who is highly respected and very well liked in the area.
	scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=811972003 (1017 words)

	OLIPHANT, LAURENCE (18... - Online Information article about OLIPHANT, LAURENCE (18... (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Laurence's son, Laurence, the 4th lord (1529–1593), was a See also:
		year Oliphant produced there his novel Meacham, which may be taken to contain its author's latest views with regard to the personage whom he See also:
		Margaret) Oliphant, Memoir of the Life of Laurence Oliphant and of Alice Oliphant his Wife (1892).
	encyclopedia.jrank.org.cob-web.org:8888 /NUM_ORC/OLIPHANT_LAURENCE_18291888_.html (1763 words)

	Laurence Oliphant
		British author, son of Anthony Oliphant, born at Cape Town.
		Harris obtained so strange an ascendancy over Oliphant that the latter left parliament in 1868, followed him to Brocton, and lived there the life of a farm laborer, in obedience to the imperious will of his spiritual guide.
		Margaret Oliphant in 1892 wrote a Memoir of the Life of Laurence Oliphant and of Alice Oliphant his Wife.
	www.nndb.com /people/972/000102666 (958 words)

	Laurence Oliphant Biography \| Dictionary of Literary Biography
		Laurence Oliphant fascinated his contemporaries, and with good reason.
		Whereas most of his readers lived highly domesticated, practical lives peppered with an occasional vacation on the British seashore, Oliphant was sending back colorful, opinionated dispatches from locales that were more than exotic.
		His eye for the telling detail, his patriotic tone, his unabashed willingness to set off for remote lands to engage people with quite unfamiliar customs--all this made him one of the most popular of his generation o.....
	www.bookrags.com /biography/laurence-oliphant-dlb2 (135 words)

	BBC News \| ENGLAND \| Challenge for clan chief title
		City banker Richard Oliphant is challenging the current head of the clan of Oliphant in the hope that he will be able to use the title "the Oliphant of that Ilk and of Condie".
		The current, honorary clan chief is Laurence Blair Oliphant of Ardblair and Gask, who lives in Ardblair Castle in Perthshire.
		Richard Oliphant employed Hugh Peskett, a genealogy expert, who has researched his claim on and off over the past 16 years.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/england/1931312.stm (355 words)

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