John Gibson Lockhart
Writer, Author
1794 – 1854
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Who was John Gibson Lockhart?
John Gibson Lockhart was a Scottish writer and editor. He is best known as the author of the definitive biography of his father-in-law Sir Walter Scott, which has been called the second most admirable in the English language, after Boswell's Life of Johnson.
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- Born
- Jul 14, 1794
Lanarkshire - Also known as
- J. G. Lockhart
- Spouses
- Sophia Scott
(1820/04 - )
- Sophia Scott
- Children
- Nationality
- Scotland
- Profession
- Education
- University of Glasgow
- Balliol College
- University of Edinburgh
- Died
- Nov 25, 1854
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on July 23, 2013
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