Dr. Olive Wyon (7 March 1881 - 21 August 1966) was a British author and translator of books of the Christian faith.
She was born in Hampstead, London, into a cultured Victorian family.
The daughter of Allan Wyon F.S.A., Chief Engraver of Seals to Queen Victoria, she had a brother, the Rev. Allan G Wyon, a well known sculptor and medalist, and two sisters, one an Anglican Deaconess and the other a Congregational Minister.
In 1953, Wyon, a member of the faculty of St. Colm's College, Edinburgh, Scotland published a remarkable book entitled The Altar Fire.
She translated the works of theologians Emil Brunner and Karl Barth.
She was given an honorary doctorate by the University of Aberdeen for her contribution to theological learning.
She died in Edinburgh in 1966 aged 85.
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