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Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott

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Sir Walter Scott, detail of an oil painting by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1824; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

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Sir Walter Scott, detail of an oil painting by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1824; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

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Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, Scottish historical novelist and poet, 1870. Portrait of Scott author of Ivanhoe. Scotland

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Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, Scottish historical novelist and poet, 1870. Portrait of Scott author of Ivanhoe. From "A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen" by Thomas Thomson and Robert Chambers (London, 1870). Scotland

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Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, Scottish historical novelist and poet, 1870. Portrait of Scott author of Ivanhoe. Scotland

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Also Known As	Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet
Born	August 15, 1771 • Edinburgh • Scotland
Died	September 21, 1832 (aged 61) • Scotland
Notable Works	“Ivanhoe” • “Kenilworth” • “Marmion” • “Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border” • “Old Mortality” • “Quentin Durward” • “Rokeby” • “Talisman” • “The Chase, and William and Helen” • “The Heart of Midlothian” • “The Lady of the Lake” • “The Lay of the Last Minstrel” • “The Waverley Novels” • “Waverley”
Movement / Style	Romanticism

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Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott, marble bust

Sir Walter Scott, detail of an oil painting by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1824; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

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