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Laurence Oliphant (author)

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Laurence Oliphant (3 August 1829 – 23 December 1888) was a South African-born British author, traveller, diplomat and Christian mystic. [1]

74 relations: Al-Ja'una, Alexander Innes Shand, Aliyah, Amman, Anthony Oliphant, Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (first Sadigura rebbe), Charles Curwen Walker, Clan Oliphant, Connections (TV series), Daliyat al-Karmel, East Savanna River, Edward Maitland, Elpis Lodge, Frank Jannaway, Frederick Hardman, George S. Morrison (diplomat), Golan Heights, Gvat, Henri Blowitz, Henry L'Estrange Styleman Le Strange, History of Amman, Hovevei Zion, Ignatius Valentine Chirol, Index of Sri Lanka-related articles (L), Jaffa–Jerusalem railway, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, James Caird (politician), James Oliphant, Japan–United Kingdom relations, Jezreel Valley, Jezreel Valley railway, John Ramsay (of Kildalton), Kanaf, Laurence Oliphant, Laurence Oliphant (Jacobite), Laurence Oliphant (Scottish politician), List of English writers (K-Q), List of Scottish writers, List of United Kingdom by-elections (1857–68), List of United Kingdom MPs: O, Literary Taste: How to Form It, Maha Nuge Gardens, Margaret Oliphant, Mark Oliphant, Meiron, Meron, Israel, Mori Arinori, Mountains of the Moon (film), Naftali Herz Imber, Nagasawa Kanaye, ..., Oliphant (surname), Peretz Smolenskin, Piccadilly (disambiguation), Pre-Modern Aliyah, Richard Francis Burton, Robert Roberts (Christadelphian), Robinson Treaty, Rosh Pinna, Savanna Portage State Park, Stirling Burghs (UK Parliament constituency), Sursock family, Tōzen-ji, The Difference Engine, The Owl (magazine), Thomas Lake Harris, Timeline of Amman, Timeline of Zionism, Travelogues of Palestine, Twickenham Cemetery, Umm el Kanatir, York House, Twickenham, Zionism, 1852 in literature, 1888 in literature. Expand index (24 more) »

Al-Ja'una

Al-Ja'una or Ja'ouna (Arabic: الجاعونة), was a Palestinian village situated in Galilee near al-Houleh Plateau, overlooking the Jordan Valley.

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Alexander Innes Shand

Alexander Innes Shand (1832–1907) was a Scottish barrister and author, known as a journalist, critic, biographer, novelist and travel writer.

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Aliyah

Aliyah (עֲלִיָּה aliyah, "ascent") is the immigration of Jews from the diaspora to the Land of Israel (Eretz Israel in Hebrew).

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Amman

Amman (عمّان) is the capital and most populous city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political and cultural centre.

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Anthony Oliphant

The Hon.

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Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (first Sadigura rebbe)

Avrohom Yaakov Friedman (October 28, 1820Friedman, Yisroel. The Golden Dynasty: Ruzhin, the royal house of Chassidus. Jerusalem: The Kest-Lebovits Jewish Heritage and Roots Library, 2nd English edition, 2000, p. 21. – September 12, 1883) was the first Rebbe of the Sadigura Hasidic dynasty.

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Charles Curwen Walker

Charles Curwen Walker (1856–1940) was a Christadelphian writer and editor of The Christadelphian Magazine from 1898 to 1937.

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Clan Oliphant

Clan Oliphant is a Highland Scottish clan.

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Connections (TV series)

Connections is a 10-episode documentary television series and 1978 book (Connections, based on the series) created, written, and presented by science historian James Burke.

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Daliyat al-Karmel

Daliyat El Karmel (دَالِيَةِ ٱلْكَرْمِل, דַלְיַת אֶל-כַּרְמֶל) is a Druze town in the Haifa District of Israel, located around 20 km southeast of Haifa.

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East Savanna River

The East Savanna River is a small yet historic stream in Aitkin and Saint Louis counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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Edward Maitland

Edward Maitland (27 October 1824 – 2 October 1897) was an English humanitarian writer and occultist.

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Elpis Lodge

Elpis Lodge was a hostel provided by Christadelphians for Jewish refugee boys in Birmingham, England, from 1940-1948.

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Frank Jannaway

F.

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Frederick Hardman

Frederick Hardman (1814–1874) was an English journalist and novelist.

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George S. Morrison (diplomat)

George Staunton Morrison (1830 or 1831 – 20 August 1893) was a British diplomat in the 19th century.

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Golan Heights

The Golan Heights (هضبة الجولان or مرتفعات الجولان, רמת הגולן), or simply the Golan, is a region in the Levant, spanning about.

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Gvat

Gvat (גְּבַת, also transliterated Gevat) is a kibbutz in northern Israel.

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Henri Blowitz

Henri Georges Stephane Adolphe Opper de Blowitz (28 December 182518 January 1903) was a Bohemian journalist.

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Henry L'Estrange Styleman Le Strange

Henry L'Estrange Styleman Le Strange (1815–1862), in early life Henry Styleman, was an English decorative painter.

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History of Amman

Amman (عمّان) is the capital and most populous city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political and cultural centre.

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Hovevei Zion

Hovevei Zion (חובבי ציון, lit. Lovers of Zion), also known as Hibbat Zion (חיבת ציון), refers to a variety of organizations which began in 1881 in response to the Anti-Jewish pogroms in the Russian Empire and were officially constituted as a group at a conference led by Leon Pinsker in 1884.

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Ignatius Valentine Chirol

Sir Ignatius Valentine Chirol (28 May 1852 – 22 October 1929) was a British journalist, prolific author, historian and diplomat.

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Index of Sri Lanka-related articles (L)

This page lists Sri Lanka-related articles with titles beginning with an alphabet letter L.

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Jaffa–Jerusalem railway

The Jaffa–Jerusalem railway (also J & J) is a railway that connected Jaffa and Jerusalem.

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James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin

James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, (20 July 1811 – 20 November 1863) was a British colonial administrator and diplomat. He served as Governor of Jamaica (1842–1846), Governor General of the Province of Canada (1847–1854), and Viceroy of India (1862–1863). In 1857, he was appointed High Commissioner and Plenipotentiary in China and the Far East to assist in the process of opening up China and Japan to Western trade. In 1860, during the Second Opium War in China, in the retaliation of the torture and execution of almost twenty European and Indian prisoners, he ordered the destruction of the Old Summer Palace in Beijing, an architectural wonder with immeasurable collections of artworks and historic antiques, inflicting invaluable loss of cultural heritage. Subsequently, he submitted the Qing Dynasty to the unequal treaty of the Convention of Peking, adding Kowloon Peninsula to the British crown colony of Hong Kong.

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James Caird (politician)

Sir James Caird (1816 – 9 February 1892) was a Scottish agricultural writer and politician.

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James Oliphant

Lt.

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Japan–United Kingdom relations

are the bilateral and diplomatic relations between Japan and the United Kingdom.

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Jezreel Valley

The Jezreel Valley (עמק יזרעאל, translit. Emek Yizra'el), (Marj Ibn Āmir) is a large fertile plain and inland valley south of the Lower Galilee region in Israel.

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Jezreel Valley railway

The Jezreel Valley railway, or the Valley Train (רַכֶּבֶת הָעֵמֶק, Rakevet HaEmek; خط سكك حديد مرج بن عامر) is a railroad that existed in Ottoman and British Palestine, as well as a modern railway in Israel built in the 21st century.

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John Ramsay (of Kildalton)

John Ramsay (1814 – 24 Jun 1892) was a Scottish distiller, merchant and Liberal Party politician.

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Kanaf

Kanaf (כָּנָף) is an Israeli settlement and moshav shitufi located in the southern Golan Heights, under the administration of Israel.

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Laurence Oliphant

Laurence Oliphant is the name of.

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Laurence Oliphant (Jacobite)

Laurence Oliphant (1691–1767) was a Jacobite army officer who belonged to a branch settled at Findo Gask in Perthshire, Scotland.

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Laurence Oliphant (Scottish politician)

Laurence Oliphant, 8th of Condie and 30th Chief of Clan Oliphant was the Member of Parliament for Perth between 1832 and 1837.

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List of English writers (K-Q)

List of English writers lists writers in English, born or raised in England (or who lived in England for a lengthy period), who already have Wikipedia pages.

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List of Scottish writers

This list of Scottish writers is an incomplete alphabetical list of Scottish writers who have a Wikipedia page.

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List of United Kingdom by-elections (1857–68)

This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom held between 1857 and 1868, with the names of the previous incumbent and the victor in the by-election and their respective parties.

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List of United Kingdom MPs: O

Following is an incomplete list of past and present Members of Parliament (MPs) of the United Kingdom whose surnames begin with O. The dates in parentheses are the periods for which they were MPs.

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Literary Taste: How to Form It

Literary Taste: How to Form it is a long essay by Arnold Bennett, first published in 1909, with a revised edition by his friend Frank Swinnerton appearing in 1937.

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Maha Nuge Gardens

Mahanuga Gardens is a private lane (street) located in the Kollupitiya district in the city of Colombo (postal code - Colombo-3).

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Margaret Oliphant

Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant (born Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (4 April 1828 – 20 June 1897), was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, who usually wrote as Mrs.

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Mark Oliphant

Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin "Mark" Oliphant (8 October 1901 – 14 July 2000) was an Australian physicist and humanitarian who played an important role in the first experimental demonstration of nuclear fusion and also the development of nuclear weapons.

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Meiron

Meiron (ميرون, Mayrûn; מירון הקדומה) was a Palestinian village, located west of Safad.

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Meron, Israel

Meron (מֵירוֹן, Meron) is a moshav in northern Israel.

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Mori Arinori

Viscount was a Meiji period Japanese statesman, diplomat, and founder of Japan's modern educational system.

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Mountains of the Moon (film)

Mountains of the Moon is a 1990 Rankcolor theatrical film depicting the 1857–58 journey of Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke in their expedition to Central Africa – the project that culminated in Speke's discovery of the source of the Nile River.

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Naftali Herz Imber

Naftali Herz Imber (נפתלי הרץ אימבר, נפתלי הערץ אימבער; December 27, 1856 – October 8, 1909) was a Jewish Hebrew-language poet, most notable for writing a poem on which "Hatikvah", the Israeli national anthem, is based.

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Nagasawa Kanaye

Kanaye Nagasawa (née Isonaga Hikosuke; 1852-1934) was a prominent California winemaker, the first Japanese national to live permanently in the United States, a recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun, and a disciple of Thomas Lake Harris, the self-proclaimed "Father and Pivot and Primate and King of the Brotherhood of the New Life." Nagasawa followed Harris from New York out to Santa Rosa, California where he eventually took over Harris' Fountaingrove estate, producing wines that earned him international renown.

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Oliphant (surname)

Oliphant or Olyphant is a surname that was established in England and Scotland by a family of Norman origin.

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Peretz Smolenskin

Peretz (Peter) Smolenskin (1842–1885), was part of the Haskalah movement, and the founder and editor of a literary Hebrew language journal Ha-Shachar, (The Dawn.) He also wrote several novels and short stories in Hebrew.

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Piccadilly (disambiguation)

Piccadilly is a major street in London, England.

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Pre-Modern Aliyah

From the time of the first Jewish exile during Assyrian rule in Eretz Israel in 733 BCE, throughout 2,000 years of dispersion, many Jews aspired to return to their ancestral homeland.

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Richard Francis Burton

Sir Richard Francis Burton (19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was a British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat.

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Robert Roberts (Christadelphian)

Robert Roberts (April 18, 1839 – September 23, 1898) is the man generally considered to have continued the work of organising and establishing the Christadelphian movement founded by Dr.

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Robinson Treaty

Robinson Treaty may refer to one of two treaties signed between the Ojibwa chiefs and The Crown in 1850.

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Rosh Pinna

Rosh Pina (רֹאשׁ פִּנָּה, lit. Cornerstone) is a town and local council in the Upper Galilee on the eastern slopes of Mount Kna'an in the Northern District of Israel.

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Savanna Portage State Park

Savanna Portage State Park is a state park of Minnesota, USA, established in 1961 to preserve the historic Savanna Portage, a difficult trail connecting the watersheds of the Mississippi River and Lake Superior.

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Stirling Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Stirling Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1918.

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Sursock family

The Sursock family (also Sursuq) is a Greek Orthodox Christian family from Lebanon, and one of the “Seven Families”” of Beirut.

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Tōzen-ji

Tōzen-ji (東禅寺) is a temple in Takanawa, Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

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The Difference Engine

The Difference Engine (1990) is an alternative history novel by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling.

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The Owl (magazine)

The Owl: a Wednesday journal of politics and society was a satirical society newspaper published in London from 1864 to 1870.

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Thomas Lake Harris

Thomas Lake Harris (1823–1906) was an Anglo-American preacher, spiritualistic prophet, poet, and vintner.

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Timeline of Amman

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Amman, Kingdom of Jordan.

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Timeline of Zionism

This is a partial timeline of Zionism in the modern era, since the start of the 16th century.

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Travelogues of Palestine

Travelogues of Palestine are the more than 3,000 books and other materials detailing accounts of the journeys of primarily European and North American travelers to Ottoman Palestine.

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Twickenham Cemetery

Twickenham Cemetery is a cemetery at Hospital Bridge Road, Whitton in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

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Umm el Kanatir

Um el Kanatir (Umm al-Qanāṭir, ام القناطر; אם הקשתות, lit. "Mother of the Arches") is an archaeological site on the Golan Heights dated to the 6th-8th centuries.

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York House, Twickenham

York House is a historic stately home in Twickenham, England, and currently serves as the Town Hall of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

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Zionism

Zionism (צִיּוֹנוּת Tsiyyonut after Zion) is the national movement of the Jewish people that supports the re-establishment of a Jewish homeland in the territory defined as the historic Land of Israel (roughly corresponding to Canaan, the Holy Land, or the region of Palestine).

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1852 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1852.

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1888 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1888.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Oliphant_(author)

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