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Jane T. Stoddart
1863–1944
A sharp Scottish journalist and author, she helped shape the voice of The British Weekly and wrote with a strong interest in religion, ideas, and public life. Her career bridged literary work and influential journalism at a time when few women held that kind of editorial power.
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The case against spiritualism
by Jane T. Stoddart
About the author
Born in Kelso, Scotland, on November 2, 1863, Jane T. Stoddart was a journalist, translator, biographer, and author. She is best remembered as the de facto editor of The British Weekly, an important religious and political paper that played a major role in Nonconformist public debate.
Alongside her editorial work, she published books of her own and produced translations, showing a wide literary range. Her writing career moved between journalism and more reflective, book-length work, including biography and memoir.
Stoddart died on December 15, 1944. Today she stands out as a notable figure in Scottish literary and journalistic history, especially for the authority she exercised in a major weekly paper and for the breadth of her writing life.