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walter scott-a founder of a historical novel in english literature contents: introduction 1. life and works 2. early days 3. start of literary career, marriage and family 4. poetry 5. novelism conclusion used literature introduction for other people named walter scott, see walter scott (disambiguation). sir walter scott, 1st baronet, frse (15 august 1771 – 21 september 1832) was a scottish historical novelist, playwright, poet and historian. many of his works remain classics of both english-language literature and of scottish literature. famous titles include ivanhoe, rob roy, old mortality, the lady of the lake, waverley, the heart of midlothian and the bride of lammermoor. although primarily remembered for his extensive literary works and his political engagement, scott was an advocate, judge and legal administrator by profession, and throughout his career combined his writing and editing work with his daily occupation as clerk of session and sheriff-depute of selkirkshire. a prominent …

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august 1771. he was the ninth child of walter scott, a writer to the signet (solicitor), and anne rutherford. his father was a member of a cadet branch of the scotts clan, and his mother descended from the haliburton family, the descent from whom granted walter's family the hereditary right of burial in dryburgh abbey.[2] via the haliburton family, walter (b.1771) was a cousin of the pre-eminent contemporaneous property developer james burton, who was a haliburton who had shortened his surname, and of his son, the architect decimus burton.[3] walter subsequently became a member of the clarence club, of which the burtons were also members.[4][5] five of walter's siblings died in infancy, and a sixth died when he was five months of age. walter was born in a third-floor flat on college wynd in the old town of edinburgh, a narrow alleyway leading from the cowgate to the gates of …

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high school of edinburgh (in high school yards). he was now well able to walk and explore the city and the surrounding countryside. his reading included chivalric romances, poems, history and travel books. he was given private tuition by james mitchell in arithmetic and writing, and learned from him the history of the church of scotland with emphasis on the covenanters. after finishing school he was sent to stay for six months with his aunt jenny in kelso, attending the local grammar school where he met james and john ballantyne, who later became his business partners and printed his books.[11] meeting with blacklock and burns scott began studying classics at the university of edinburgh in november 1783, at the age of 12, a year or so younger than most of his fellow students. in march 1786 he began an apprenticeship in his father's office to become a writer to the …

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ary career, marriage and family a copy of scott's minstrelsy in the national museum of scotland as a boy, youth and young man, scott was fascinated by the oral traditions of the scottish borders. he was an obsessive collector of stories, and developed an innovative method of recording what he heard at the feet of local story-tellers using carvings on twigs, to avoid the disapproval of those who believed that such stories were neither for writing down nor for printing.[13] at the age of 25 he began to write professionally, translating works from german,[14] his first publication being rhymed versions of ballads by gottfried august bürger in 1796. he then published an idiosyncratic three-volume set of collected ballads of his adopted home region, the minstrelsy of the scottish border. this was the first sign from a literary standpoint of his interest in scottish history. as a result of his early …

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scott's death, most baptized by an episcopalian clergyman. in 1799 he was appointed sheriff-depute of the county of selkirk, based in the royal burgh of selkirk. in his early married days scott had a decent living from his earnings at the law, his salary as sheriff-depute, his wife's income, some revenue from his writing, and his share of his father's rather meagre estate. after their third son was born in 1801, they moved to a spacious three-storey house built for scott at 39 north castle street. this remained scott's base in edinburgh until 1826, when he could no longer afford two homes. from 1798 scott had spent the summers in a cottage at lasswade, where he entertained guests including literary figures, and it was there that his career as an author began. there were nominal residency requirements for his position of sheriff-depute, and at first he stayed at a local …

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walter scott-a founder of a historical novel in english literature contents: introduction 1. life and works 2. early days 3. start of literary career, marriage and family 4. poetry 5. novelism conclusion used literature introduction for other people named walter scott, see walter scott (disambiguation). sir walter scott, 1st baronet, frse (15 august 1771 – 21 september 1832) was a scottish historical novelist, playwright, poet and historian. many of his works remain classics of both english-language literature and of scottish literature. famous titles include ivanhoe, rob roy, old mortality, the lady of the lake, waverley, the heart of midlothian and the bride of lammermoor. although primarily remembered for his extensive literary works and his political engagement, scott was an advocate, …

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