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WHEN WILLIAM BECAME FIONA

William Sharp (1855–1905) was a late Victorian author and mystic who wrote under his own name and as his female alter-ego, Fiona Macleod.

Born in, calling for the widespread adoption of neo-paganism, which he believed would abolish inequality between men and women.

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