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Walter Scott

Also known as Walter Skott, Jedediah Cleishbotham, Laurence Templeton, Somnambulus, Malachi Malagrowther, Sir Walter Scott, Bart., Sir Walter Scott, Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet

Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771–1832)

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Walter Scott was a Scottish novelist, poet, and playwright who lived from 1771 to 1832 and became one of the most influential literary figures of his time. He is widely credited with inventing the historical novel as a literary form, which shaped how writers approached fiction for generations to come.

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Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832), was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Waverley, Old Mortality, The Heart of Mid-Lothian and The Bride of Lammermoor, and the narrative poems The Lady of the Lake and Marmion. He is often considered both the inventor and the…

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Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1771
Active to: 1832

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Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet, popular throughout Europe during his time. Scott was particularly associated with Toryism. Scott was the first English-language author to have a truly international career in his lifetime, with many contemporary readers in Europe, Australia, and North America. His novels and poetry are still read, and many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and of Scottish literature. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Walter+Scott">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Instance of: human
Given name: Walter
Family name: Scott
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Edinburgh
Place of death: Abbotsford House
Occupation: short story writer
Position held: judge
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Award: baronet
Notable work: The Lady of the Lake
Field of work: fiction
Genre: historical prose literature
Movement: Romanticism
Image: Sir Henry Raeburn - Portrait of Sir Walter Scott.jpg
Number of children: 4
Work location: Scotland
Residence: Abbotsford House

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owner of: Abbotsford House
writing language: English language
influenced by: William Shakespeare
start of work period: 1814-00-00
nickname: Border Minstrel
different from: Walter Scott
has works in the collection: J. Paul Getty Museum
P8168: Marie-Luce Waldmeier
end of work period: 1832-01-01
medical condition: epilepsy
P12749: Southern District
Commons category: Walter Scott
date of birth: 1771-08-15
date of death: 1832-09-21
topic's main category: Category:Walter Scott
Commons gallery: Walter Scott
cause of death: stroke
place of burial: Dryburgh Abbey
Commons Creator page: Walter Scott
manner of death: natural causes
archives at: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
pseudonym: Lawrence Templeton
name in native language: Walter Scott
ethnic group: Scottish people

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Walter Scott, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

The prose works of Sir Walter Scott [Texto impreso] :]volume I. [-VII] ...

New Collection of Novelas [Printed Text]

Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft, addressed to J.G. Lockhart, Esq. [Texto impreso]

Chairman of the British Railway Workers' Union, J.H. Thomas, c. 1920

Lebensbeschreibungen berühmter britischer Dichter und Prosaisten ; Bearbeitet von Heinrich Doering

Ave Maria/(Schubert)

Ave Maria: (Ave Maria! virgin mild)/Franz Schubert. [Text by] (Walter Skott)

Raccolta Di Romanzi Storici

Racconti del mio ostiere o sia i Puritani di Scozia e il nano misterioso ; romanzi storici, tradotti da Gaetano Barbieri

Ave Maria/(Schubert)

Charles le Téméraire, ou Anne de Geierstein, la fille du brouillard roman historique

The antiquary

Tales of the crusaders - Tale I,: The betrothed /

Quentin Durward

Letters on demonology and witchcraft adressed to J. G. Lockhart, esq

Oeuvres de Walter Scott - Tome XXIV,: Robert, Comte de Paris /

Oeuvres de Walter Scott - Tome XXVII,: Le chateau périlleux,: La démonologie /

Oeuvres de Walter Scott - Tome XXVI,: Histoire d'Écosse,: 1e série /

Oeuvres de Walter Scott - Tome XXVII,: Histoire d'Écosse,: 2e série /

Oeuvres de Walter Scott - Tome XXVIII,: Histoire d'Écosse,: 3e série /

Oeuvres de Walter Scott - Tome XXIX,: Romans poétiques et poésies diverses,: Tome 1e /

Oeuvres de Walter Scott - Tome XXII,: La jolie fille de Perth /

Oeuvres de Walter Scott - Tome XXI,: Les chroniques de la Cannongate /

Oeuvres de Walter Scott - Tome XX,: Wookstock, ou Le Cavalier /

Oeuvres de Walter Scott - Tome XIX,: Richard en Palestine /

Oeuvres by Walter Scott - Take XVII,: Redgauntlet /

Oeuvres de Walter Scott - Tome XVI,: Les eaux de Saint-Ronan /

Oeuvres by Walter Scott - Take XV,: Quentin Durward /

Oeuvres de Walter Scott - Tome XXIII,: Charles-le-Téméraire /

Oeuvres de Walter Scott - Tome XXX,: Romans poétique et poesies diverses,: Tome 2e /

Oeuvres de Walter Scott - Tome XIII,: Les aventures de Nigel /

Oeuvres de Walter Scott - Tome XIV,: Péveril du Pic /

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Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature. He is known for his Waverley novels (1814–1831), which were, for nearly a century, among the most popular and widely read novels in Europe. He is also known for his narrative poems Marmion (1808) and The Lady of the Lake (1810). He greatly influenced European and American literature.

As an advocate and legal administrator by profession, he combined writing and editing with his daily work as Clerk of Session and Sheriff-Depute of Selkirkshire. He was prominent in Edinburgh's Tory establishment, active in the Highland Society, long time a president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1820–1832), and a vice president of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1827–1829). His knowledge of history and literary facility equipped him to establish the historical novel genre as an exemplar of European Romanticism. He became a baronet of Abbotsford in the County of Roxburgh on 22 April 1820; the title became extinct upon his son's death in 1847.

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