Dr. Olive Wyon was a British author and translator of books of the Christian faith.

She was born in Hampstead

Hampstead

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, London, into a cultured Victorian family.

The daughter of Allan Wyon F.S.A., Chief Engraver of Seals to Queen Victoria

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, she had a brother, the Rev. Allan G Wyon, a well known sculptor and medalist, and two sisters, one an Anglican Deacon

Deacon

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ess and the other a Congregational

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 Minister

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.

In 1953, Wyon, a member of the faculty of St. Colm's College, Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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, Scotland

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 published a remarkable book entitled The Altar Fire.

She translated the works of theologian

Theology

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s Emil Brunner

Emil Brunner

Heinrich Emil Brunner was a Swiss Protestant theologian. Along with Karl Barth , he is commonly associated with neo-orthodoxy or the dialectical theology movement....

 and Karl Barth

Karl Barth

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.

She was given an honorary

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 doctorate

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 by the University of Aberdeen

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 for her contribution to theological learning.

She died in Edinburgh

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in 1966 aged 85.