Niven, Frederick John

NIVEN, Frederick John, novelist (b 31 Mar 1878, Valparaiso, Chile; d 30 Jan 1944, Vancouver). Born to Scottish parents who were living in Chile, he was raised in Glasgow; many of his novels deal with Scotland and with Scottish immigrants in Canada. Niven himself arrived in BC in 1899, sojourning in the KOOTENAY for treatment of a lung disease. He returned to Scotland the next year and began his writing career by publishing newspaper accounts of his travels. His first novel appeared in 1908; he...

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