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John Galt

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
John Galt 1779-1839, Scottish novelist. He went to Canada as secretary for the Canada Company, founding there in 1827 the town of Guelph and encouraging Canadian immigration. He wrote poems, blank-verse tragedies, and travel books, but he is known chiefly for his novels of Scottish country life, notably The Ayrshire Legatees (1821), Annals of the Parish (1821), and The Entail (1823). While traveling on the Continent as a young man, he made the acquaintance of Lord Byron, of whom he wrote a biography that appeared in 1830. Bibliography: See his autobiography (1833); biography by... Read more
John Galt
John Galt Scottish author John Galt (1779-1839) wrote extensively during the early 1800s, producing...in the Scottish countryside, speaking in colorful local idioms. John Galt was born on May 2, 1779, in the Scottish seaport town of Irvine... Read more
Galt, John
Galt, John (1779–1839), born in Ayrshire, was...commission to evaluate the price of land. Galt produced poems, dramas, historical novels...The Entail (1823), and The Member (1832). Galt made a unique contribution to fiction with... Read more

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