Naomi Mitchison
Naomi Mitchison | |
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Mitchison in c.1925 | |
| Born | Naomi Mary Margaret Haldane 1 November 1897 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 11 January 1999 (aged 101) Carradale, Scotland |
| Occupation | Biologist, nurse, writer |
| Language | English |
| Education | Society of Oxford Home Students |
| Period | 1914–15 |
| Genre | Historical, science fiction, travelogue and autobiography |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Geoffrey Mitchison (1918–1927) Denis Mitchison (1919–2018) Murdoch Mitchison (1922–2011) Avrion Mitchison (1928–2022) Lois Mitchison Valentine Mitchison Clemency Mitchison |
| Relatives | John Scott Haldane (father) J. B. S. Haldane (brother) |
Naomi Mary Margaret Mitchison, Baroness Mitchison CBE (née Haldane; 1 November 1897 – 11 January 1999) was a Scottish novelist and poet. Often called a doyenne of Scottish literature, she wrote more than 90 books of historical and science fiction, travel writing and autobiography. Her husband Dick Mitchison's life peerage in 1964 entitled her to call herself Lady Mitchison, but she never did. Her 1931 work, The Corn King and the Spring Queen, is seen by some as the prime 20th-century historical novel.