Sir Walter Scott

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biographer historical novelist human lawyer magistrate novelist poet translator

Sir Walter Scott was a pioneering 19th-century Scottish novelist and poet, best known for historical works like "Ivanhoe" and "Waverley" that helped popularize the historical novel genre.

Aliases (4)

Statements (98)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biographer → historical novelist → human → lawyer → magistrate → novelist → poet → translator →
activeYearsEnd	1832 →
activeYearsStart	1790 →
burialPlace	Dryburgh Abbey →
causeOfDeath	typhus →
countryOfCitizenship	Scotland → United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1771-08-15 →
dateOfDeath	1832-09-21 →
dateOfMarriage	1797-12-24 →
describedAs	pioneering 19th-century Scottish novelist and poet →
educatedAt	High School of Edinburgh → University of Edinburgh →
ethnicGroup	Scottish →
familyName	Scott →
fieldOfWork	historical fiction → poetry →
fullName	Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet →
genre	historical novel → romantic poetry →
givenName	Walter →
hasSignature	signature of Walter Scott →
honorificPrefix	Sir →
influenced	Alexandre Dumas → Charles Dickens → Honoré de Balzac → James Fenimore Cooper → Leo Tolstoy → Victor Hugo →
influencedBy	John Dryden → Ossian → Torquato Tasso → William Shakespeare →
languageOfWorkOrName	English → Scots →
memberOf	Royal Society of Edinburgh →
movement	Romanticism →
nobleTitle	Baronet →
notableAchievement	first English-language author to have a truly international career in his lifetime → helped popularize the historical novel genre →
notableWork	Count Robert of Paris → Guy Mannering → Harold the Dauntless → Ivanhoe → Kenilworth → Marmion → Old Mortality → Peveril of the Peak → Quentin Durward → Redgauntlet → Rob Roy → Rokeby → Tales of My Landlord → The Abbot → The Antiquary → The Betrothed → The Black Dwarf → The Bride of Lammermoor → The Fair Maid of Perth → The Fortunes of Nigel → The Heart of Midlothian → The Lady of the Lake → The Lay of the Last Minstrel → The Legend of Montrose → The Monastery → The Pirate → The Talisman → The Vision of Don Roderick → Waverley → Woodstock →
occupation	advocate → clerk of session → novelist → poet → sheriff-depute →
placeOfBirth	Edinburgh → Scotland →
placeOfDeath	Abbotsford House → Roxburghshire → Scotland →
positionHeld	Principal Clerk of Session → Sheriff-Depute of Selkirkshire →
religion	Church of Scotland → Presbyterianism →
residence	Abbotsford House → Edinburgh →
spouse	Charlotte Carpenter → Charlotte Charpentier →
title	1st Baronet →
workLocation	Edinburgh → Selkirkshire →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fireside Poets → Honoré de Balzac ("Walter Scott") → La Comédie humaine ("Walter Scott") →	influencedBy
Edinburgh Waverley ("Waverley novels") → Edinburgh Waverley ("Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley") → Scott Monument ("Walter Scott") →	namedAfter
Ann Radcliffe → Dugald Stewart →	influenced
Melrose Abbey ("Walter Scott") →	associatedWithAuthor
Castle Dangerous (novel) ("Walter Scott") →	author
Scott Monument →	commemorates
Anna Seward →	correspondedWith
Scott Monument ("Walter Scott") →	dedicatedTo
Sir Walter Scott ("Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet") →	fullName
John Murray →	hasNotableAuthor
Aberfoyle →	hasNotableAuthorAssociated
Walter ("Walter Scott") →	hasNotableBearer
The Mall and Literary Walk →	hasStatueOf
Adam Ferguson ("Walter Scott") →	notableStudent