Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet)

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Dates

Existence: 1771 - 1832

Biography

For a complete biography of Sir Walter Scott, please see The Walter Scott Digital Archive.

Barnaby, Paul, The Walter Scott Digital Archive (Last updated: 25/06/2019) <http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/index.html> [Accessed on 25 September 2023]

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Note about the miller at Innerfola, 27 September 1883

Item

Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/153

Scope and Contents

Note, probably collected from Donald MacColl, foxhunter, Glencreran, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire, that the millar at Innerfola [Inbhir Pholla/Inverfolla, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] when [Sir Walter] Scott was there was Cailean Livingston [Colin Livingston].

Dates: 27 September 1883

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

More about 'Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet)'

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Scott, Walter, 1729-1799 (Writer to the Signet, Father of the Scottish Writer) (Child of Related)
Scott, Anne, 1803-1833 (daughter of Sir Walter Scott) (Parent of Related)

Mitchell, James, Rev., 1763-1835 (Church of Scotland minister and tutor to Sir Walter Scott) (Associative with Related)

Description

Sir Walter Scott was given private tuition by Rev. James Mitchell in arithmetic and writing. Rev. James Mitchell also taught Sir Walter Scott the history of the Church of Scotland with emphasis on the Covenanters.

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