About: Rosaline Masson

Rosaline Masson (1867–1947) was prolific writer of novels, biographies, histories and other works. She was born on 6 May 1867 in Edinburgh and was the daughter of David Masson, Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature at Edinburgh University, and of Emily Rosaline Orme. She sometimes calls herself 'Rosaline Orme Masson' (perhaps in intimation of her brother, David Orme Masson), but the second name is not in her birth or death certificates. She died on 7 December 1947 in Edinburgh.