Walter Scott

Born

August 15, 1771

Died

September 21, 1832 (aged 61)

Known as

poet, playwright, linguist, translator, novelist, musicologist

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, was a Scottish novelist, poet and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature. He is known for his Waverley novels (1814–1831), which were, for nearly a century, among the most popular and widely read novels in Europe. He is also known for his narrative poems Marmion (1808) and The Lady of the Lake (1810). He greatly influenced European and American literature.

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