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Violet Jacob
Portrait of a pensive Violet Jacob, wearing a pink and black gown with ruffle at the neck, seated beside a vase of flowers. Oil on canvas.
Violet Jacob, by Henry Harris Brown (1864–1948)
Born
Violet Augusta Mary Frederica Kennedy-Erskine

(1863-09-01)1 September 1863
House of Dun, near Montrose in Angus
Died9 September 1946(1946-09-09) (aged 83)
Marywell House, near Kirriemuir
Resting placeDun kirkyard
NationalityScottish
Known forPoetry in Scots
SpouseArthur Otway Jacob (m. 1894–1936)
Children1

Violet Jacob (1 September 1863 – 9 September 1946) was a Scottish writer known especially for her historical novel Flemington and for her poetry, mainly in Scots. She was described by a fellow Scottish poet Hugh MacDiarmid as "the most considerable of contemporary vernacular poets".

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