Dramatis Personae

The ‘Dramatis Personae’ provides biographical and other information about all the people to whom Olive Schreiner wrote letters, and also concerning a large number of the people her letters mention as well. Where appropriate and possible, references to the South African and the Oxford dictionaries of national biography and also other relevant publications have been provided.

Just click on the letters of the alphabet below to see the information. In addition, clicking on the live links on people’s names in Olive Schreiner’s letters will also take you straight to this information.

Key:  signifies the person is a recipient (and mentioned) |  signifies the person is only mentioned

Name	Description
Fawcett, Millicent Garrett	Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett (1847-1929) was a British social and political activist and a leader ...
Fincham, Edna	Edna Fincham married Oliver Schreiner, Will and Fan Schreiner’s son and Olive Schreiner’...
Findlay, Alsie	Alice Henrietta Elizabeth (Alsie) Findlay was one of the daughters of Schreiner’s sister Katie...
Findlay, Bessie	Elizabeth Aletta (Bessie) Findlay nee Niemeyer was the wife of Schreiner’s nephew (John) Hudso...
Findlay, Eliza	Eliza or Ely Findlay was one of the daughters of Schreiner’s sister Katie Findlay and her husb...
Findlay, Fred	Fred Findlay was one of the sons of Schreiner’s sister Katie Findlay and her husband John Find...
Findlay, George	George Findlay was one of the sons of Schreiner’s sister Katie Findlay and her husband John Fi...
Findlay, Hudson	John Hudson Lamb Findlay (1867 - 1942), always referred to as Hudson, was the son of Schreiner’...
Findlay, John	John Findlay, husband of Katie
Findlay, John	John Findlay (1839 - 1902) married Schreiner’s eldest sister Katie in 1860. He was the son of ...
Findlay, Katie (Catherine)	Katie (Catherine) Whitby Schreiner (1838 - 1898) was the eldest of Gottlob and Rebecca Schreiner’s c...
Ford, Isabella	Isabella Ormston Ford (1855-1924) was a British social and political activist, close friend of Olive...
Forman, Henry Buxton	Henry (Harry) Buxton Forman (1842 - 1917) was a British publisher, bibliographer and forger. Forman ...
Fort, Seymour	(George) Seymour Fort (1858 - 1951) was born in Britain and educated at Oxford. He worked for a time...
Fourie, Joey	Joey Fourie was a sister of Anna Purcell nee Fourie and she married a member of the Smuts family. Fr...
Friendlander, Ethel	Ethel Friedlander was the daughter of one of Cronwright-Schreiner’s business clients in De Aar...