Naomi Mitchison
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Naomi Mary Margaret Mitchison, Baroness Mitchison, CBE (née Haldane; 1 November 1897 – 11 Januar 1999) wis a Scots novelist an poet.[1] She wrate ower 90 buiks on historical an science fiction, traivel writin an an autobiography. Her husband wis Baron Dick Mitchison, an throu his peerage she wis alloued ti caa hersel Baroness Mitchison bit she niver waled tae dae sae. Her 1931 nuvel, The Corn King and the Spring Queen, wis seen bi some as bein the prime 20t-yeirhunner historical nuvel.
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Naomi Mary Margaret Mitchison | |
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Born | 1 November 1897(1897-11-01) Edinburgh, Scotland |
Dee'd | 11 Januar 1999(1999-01-11) (aged 101) Carradale, Scotland |
Thrift | Biologist, nourice, writer |
Leid | Inglis |
Ethnicity | Scots |
Eddication | Society o Oxford Home Students |
Period | 1914–15 |
Genre | Historical, science fiction, traivelogue an autobiography |
Spoose | Gilbert Richard Mitchison |
Bairns | Geoffrey Mitchison (1918–1927) Denis Mitchison (born 1919) Murdoch Mitchison (1922-2011) Avrion Mitchison (born 1928) Lois Mitchison Valentine Mitchison Clemency Mitchison |
Relatives | John Scott Haldane (faither) J. B. S. Haldane (brither) |
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