Margaret Moyes Black

Margaret Moyes Black
Born	27 April 1853(1853-04-27) Scoonie, Fife, Scotland, U.K.
Died	16 October 1935(1935-10-16) (aged 82) Montrose, Angus, U.K.
Pen name	M.B. Fife
Occupation	Writer, novels, biographer, botanist
Nationality	Scottish
Genres	Non-fiction, novels, biography, botany

Margaret Moyes Black (1853–1935) was a Scottish novelist and biographer. She was born on 27 April 1853 in the parish of Scoonie, Fife. Her father was William Black, a shipmaster,and her mother was Margaret Moyes Deas. She wrote her first novel, In Glenoran, under the pseudonym of M.B. Fife. She was unmarried and died on 16 October 1935 at Montrose, Angus.^[1]

Publications

• In Glenoran. [A Novel.] Edinburgh & London: Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier, 1888 (pseudonym).
• Tempted: An Episode. Edinburgh & London: Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier, 1889.
• Between the Ferries. A Story of Highland Life. Edinburgh & London: Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier, 1890
• Disinherited. Edinburgh & London: Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier, 1891
• A Woman and Pitiful. A Deeside Story. Edinburgh & London: Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier, 1893
• The Ghost of Gairn. A Tale of “The Forty-Five.”. Edinburgh & London: Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier, 1894
• The House of Cargill. A Tale of the Smuggling Days. Edinburgh & London: Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier, 1895.
• A Most Provoking Girl. A Tale of the East Coast, etc. Edinburgh & London: Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier, [1896.]
• Facts and Fancies about Flowers. Edinburgh & London: Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier, 1897. Series: Science Talks to Young Thinkers
• Robert Louis Stevenson, Edinburgh: Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier, Aug 1898, ("Famous Scots Series")

Sources

• Births and deaths information available at the General Register Office for Scotland, Scotlands People Centre in Edinburgh, and also at http://scotlandspeople.gov.uk
• British Library catalogue: http://www.bl.uk
• http://openlibrary.org
• http://worldcat.org

References

1. ^ Adapted from the births and deaths information available at the General Register Office for Scotland, Scotlands People Centre in Edinburgh, and also at http://scotlandspeople.gov.uk

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Name	Black, Margaret Moyes
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Date of birth	April 27, 1853
Place of birth	Scoonie, Fife, Scotland, U.K.
Date of death	October 16, 1935
Place of death	Montrose, Angus, U.K.