Person    | Male  Born 10/12/1824  Died 18/9/1905

George MacDonald

Categories: Literature, Poetry, Religion

Countries: Scotland

Poet, novelist and Christian minister. Born Aberdeenshire. Works include: 'At the Back of the North Wind', 'Lilith'. Influenced: C. S. Lewis, G. K. Chesterton, W. H. Auden, Tolkien. Died at Ashtead at his daughter's home.

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George MacDonald

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