About Olive Wyon
Lived 1881 – 1966 (aged 85). Olive Wyon was a translator and writer.
Dr. Olive Wyon (7 March 1881 - 21 August 1966) was a British author and translator of books of the Christian faith.
Life Wyon was born in Hampstead, London, into a cultured Victorian family. The daughter of Allan Wyon, Chief Engraver of Seals to Queen Victoria, she had a brother, the Rev. Allan G. Wyon, the sculptor and medalist, and two sisters, one an Anglican Deaconess and the other a Congregational Minister.
She was a member of the faculty of St. Colm's College, Edinburgh and was given an honorary doctorate by the University of Aberdeen for her contribution to theological learning.
She died in Edinburgh in 1966, aged 85.
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Who was Olive Wyon?
British writer (1881–1966)
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Olive Wyon was born on 7 March 1881 in London.
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Olive Wyon died on 21 August 1966 in Edinburgh.
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Olive Wyon was a translator and writer.
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