Baquet's Guide to the World's Classics: Scotland

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Muriel Spark, Scottish Writer
(1918-2006)

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Name: Muriel Spark
Birth: February 1, 1918, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Death: April 13, 2006, Florence, Italy
Language: English
Who she was: Scottish novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist; The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie; The Mandelbaum Gate; The Driver's Seat; Memento Mori

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J. M. Barrie, Scottish Novelist and Playwright
(1860-1937)

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Name: James Matthew Barrie
Known as: J. M. Barrie
Birth: May 9, 1860, Kirriemuir, Scotland, UK
Death: June 19, 1937, London, England, UK
Language: English
Who he was: Scottish novelist and playwright; Peter Pan; The Little White Bird; plays The Admirable Crichton; What Every Woman Knows
Included in lists (What's This?): GC

Kenneth Grahame, British Writer
(1859-1932)

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Name: Kenneth Grahame
Birth: March 8, 1859, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Death: July 6, 1932, Pangbourne, England, UK
Language: English
Who he was: British writer; The Wind in the Willows; The Reluctant Dragon

Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish Writer
(1859-1930)

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Name: Arthur Conan Doyle
Birth: May 22, 1859, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Death: July 7, 1930, Crowborough, England, UK
Language: English
Who he was: Scottish writer; creator of Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger

James George Frazer, Scottish Anthropologist
(1854-1941)

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Name: James George Frazer
Birth: January 1, 1854, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Death: May 7, 1941, Cambridge, England, UK
Language: English
Who he was: Scottish anthropologist; mythology and comparative religion, especially The Golden Bough
Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (1990) (+10YP)

Andrew Lang, Scottish Folklorist
(1844-1912)

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Name: Andrew Lang
Birth: March 31, 1844, Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
Death: July 20, 1912, Banchory, Scotland, UK
Language: English
Who he was: Scottish poet, novelist, and folklorist; best-known for the "Fairy Book" series starting with The Blue Fairy Book

Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-American Scientist
(1847-1922)

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Name: Alexander Graham Bell
Birth: March 3, 1847, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Death: August 2, 1922, Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia
Language: English
Who he was: Scottish-born American scientist; scientific papers, and especially his Notebooks

John Muir, Scottish-American Naturalist and Writer
(1838-1914)

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Name: John Muir
Birth: April 21, 1838, Dunbar, Scotland, UK
Death: December 24, 1914, Los Angeles, California, USA
Language: English
Who he was: Scottish-American naturalist and writer; The Mountains of California; Our National Parks; My First Summer in the Sierra; The Yosemite
Included in lists (What's This?): CA

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish Philosopher
(1795-1881)

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Name: Thomas Carlyle
Birth: December 4, 1795, Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK
Death: February 5, 1881, London, England, UK
Language: English
Who he was: Scottish philosopher; On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History; The French Revolution: A History; Sartor Resartus
Included in lists (What's This?): GGB (+PGR 2); HC; Bloom

Robert Burns, Scottish Poet
(1759-1796)

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Name: Robert Burns
Birth: January 25, 1759, Alloway, Scotland, UK
Death: July 21, 1796, Dumfries, Scotland, UK
Language: Scots
Who he was: Scottish poet; "Auld Lang Syne"; "To a Mouse"; "A Man's a Man for A' That"; "Scots Wha Hae"; "Tam O'Shanter"
Included in lists (What's This?): HC; Bloom

Adam Smith, Scottish Philosopher
(1723-1790)

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Name: Adam Smith
Birth: June 16, 1723, Kirkcaldy, Scotland, UK
Death: July 17, 1790, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Language: English
Who he was: Scottish philosopher; The Theory of Moral Sentiments; The Wealth of Nations
Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (+10YP); HC

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Writer
(1850-1894)

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Name: Robert Louis Stevenson
Birth: November 13, 1850, Edinburgh, UK
Death: December 3, 1894, Vailima, Samoa
Language: English
Who he was: Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer; Treasure Island; A Child's Garden of Verses; Kidnapped; Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Included in lists (What's This?): GGB (+PGR 1); HC; CA; Bloom; GC

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John Knox, Scottish Clergyman
(c. 1513-1572)

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Name: John Knox
Birth: Unknown Date, 1513, Haddington, Scotland, UK
Death: November 24, 1572, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Language: English
Who he was: Scottish clergyman, theologian, and writer; First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women
Included in lists (What's This?): HC

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James Boswell, Scottish Biographer
(1740-1795)

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Name: James Boswell
Birth: October 29, 1740, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Death: May 19, 1795, London, UK
Language: English
Who he was: Scottish biographer; The Life of Samuel Johnson
Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (+10YP); LRP; Bloom; GC

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James Macpherson, Scottish Author
(1736-1796)

by George Romney

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Name: James Macpherson
Birth: October 27, 1736, Ruthven, Scotland, UK
Death: February 17, 1796, Inverness, Scotland, UK
Language: English, Gaelic (?)
Who he was: Scottish author; Ossian cycle of poems

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Walter Scott, Scottish Novelist and Poet
(1771-1832)

by Raeburn

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Name: Walter Scott
Birth: August 15, 1771, Edinburgh, UK
Death: September 21, 1832, Melrose, UK
Language: English
Who he was: Scottish novelist and poet who wrote Ivanhoe; Rob Roy; The Lady of the Lake; Waverley; The Heart of Midlothian; The Bride of Lammermoor
Included in lists (What's This?): GGB (+PGR 1); HC; HCF; Bloom

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George MacDonald, Scottish Writer
(1824-1905)

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Name: George MacDonald
Birth: December 10, 1824, Huntly, UK
Death: September 18, 1905, Ashtead, UK
Language: English
Who he was: Scottish writer known for fantasy novels such as Lilith; Phantastes; David Elginbrod; The Princess and the Goblin; At the Back of the North Wind
Included in lists (What's This?): HC; Bloom

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Tobias Smollett, Scottish Writer
(1721-1771)

(unknown artist)

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Name: Tobias Smollett
Birth: March 19, 1721, Dalquhurn (Renton), West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Death: September 17, 1771, Livorno, Italy
Language: English
Who he was: Scottish writer known for poetry, and novels such as Roderick Random; Peregrine Pickle; Sir Launcelot Greaves
Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom

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Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish Writer
(1892-1978)

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Name: Christopher Murray Grieve
Known as: Hugh MacDiarmid
Birth: August 11, 1892, Langholm, UK
Death: September 9, 1978, Edinburgh, UK
Language: Scots, English
Who he was: Scottish poet, journalist, and essayist who wrote poems as in A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle
Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom

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David Hume, Scottish Philosopher
(1711-1776)

by Allan Ramsay

Just the Facts:

Name: David Hume
Birth: May 7, 1711, Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
Death: August 25, 1776, Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
Language: English
Who he was: Scottish philosopher who wrote An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (+10YP); GGB (+PGR 1, 3); LRP; HC

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