Tour Scotland Autumn Photograph Video Scott Monument Edinburgh

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of the Sir Walter Scott monument in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Scott Monument is a Victorian Gothic monument to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. It is the largest monument to a writer in the world. Walter Scott was born in Edinburgh on August 15, 1771. His father was a farmer and his mother, Anne Rutherford, was the daughter of Dr. John Rutherford, who was one of the founders of the medical school of Edinburgh. Walter was one of ten children. He spent much time with his grandparents, but it was Aunt Jenny who took a special interest in him and influenced him to write. His visits to an uncle, Dr. Rutherford, professor of botany at the University of Edinburgh, brought him into contact with scholarly people. His first novel, Waverly, was published anonymously. His publishers persuaded him to allow further novels to be designated as " by the author of Waverly," and for this reason some of his novels were called the " Waverly Novels. " Although he published biographies of Swift and Dryden and some history, as well as poems and novels, his chief claim to distinction is his contribution to Romanticism and the historical novel. His popularity, both socially and as a writer, was almost unparalleled. He was married in 1797 to Margaret Charlotte Carpenter, who bore him three sons and two daughters. Scott received his title and baronetcy from King George IV in the spring of 1820. He died, Sir Walter Scott, in 1832.



Tour Scotland Autumn video of the Sir Walter Scott monument in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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