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Also known as The Ettrick Shepherd

British poet and novelist (1770–1835)

Person · Open Library

Born
1770
Died
1835
Works
464

Top works

  • Selected poems of James Hogg
  • Noctes ambrosianae
  • The mountain bard
  • The mountain bard ; and Forest minstrel
  • The poems of James Hogg, the Ettrick shepherd

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1914-01-27
Active to
1960-05-01

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
360
Total plays
1,057

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Quotes

  • Man mind yourselve is the first commandment.
  • Nothing in the world delights a truly religious people so much, as consigning them to eternal damnation.
  • Where the pools are bright and deepWhere the gray trout lies asleep,Up the river and o'er the leaThat's the way for Billy and me.

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Key facts

Born
before 9 December 1770, Ettrick , Selkirkshire , Scotland
Died
21 November 1835 (aged 64–65), Ettrick, Selkirkshire, Scotland
Occupation
Novelist essayist poet biographer journalist
Nationality
Scottish
Period
1794–1835
Notable works
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
Spouse
Margaret Phillips ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 28 April 1820</span>"}]]}'>1820 ) ​
Children
Elizabeth James Harriet Jessie Margaret Mary Catherine
Relatives
Margaret Laidlaw (mother)

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Works in European collections

4 objects attributed to James Hogg, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

James Hogg (1770 – 21 November 1835) was a Scottish poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both Scots and English. As a young man he worked as a shepherd and farmhand, and was largely self-educated through reading. He was a friend of many of the great writers of his day, including Sir Walter Scott, of whom he later wrote an unauthorised biography. He became widely known as the "Ettrick Shepherd", a nickname under which some of his works were published, and the character name he was given in the widely read series Noctes Ambrosianae, published in Blackwood's Magazine. He is best known today for his novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. His other works include the long poem The Queen's Wake (1813), his collection of songs Jacobite Relics (1819), and his two novels The Three Perils of Man (1822), and The Three Perils of Woman (1823).

Biography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “James Hogg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.