Jane Stoddart

Jane Thompson Stoddart (2 November 1863 – 15 December 1944) was a Scottish journalist and author and de facto editor of The British Weekly, "a central force in shaping and promoting the 'Nonconformist conscience'".

Life

Stoddart was born in Kelso in the Scottish Borders in 1863. Her parents were Margaret (born Galloway) and William Stoddart. Her father worked as an assistant to Horatius Bonar. In 1877, she wrote her last work of fiction titled In Cheviots Glens. In 1881, she went to Hanover to learn more German, returning to Britain in 1883 to teach in Clifton. Using her knowledge of German

In 1923, her mentor died and she would continue to lead on his publication The British Weekly. Formally J. M. E. Ross and later John A Hutton had the job title of editor but she frequently did their job as the de facto editor.

Works include A Door of Hope, 1876 In Cheviots Glens, 1877. The Case Against Spiritualism, 1919 The Christian Year in Human Story, 1920 My Harvest of the Years, autobiography, 1938