John Gibson Lockhart
Scottish writer and editor (1794-1854) · Writers · Died at 60
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Something wrong?John Gibson Lockhart was a Scottish writer and editor. He is best known as the author of the seminal, and much-admired, seven-volume biography of his father-in-law Sir Walter Scott: Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott. He produced four novels in the early 1820s including Adam Blair and Reginald Dalton.
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Plaque to John Gibson Lockhart at 25 Northumberland St, Edinburgh
Lockhart's fictional Peter Morris M.D., 1819 engraving by William Home Lizars
Lockhart and Sophia, by Robert Scott Lauder
Scott family graves at Dryburgh Abbey - Lockhart's grave is on the right; the largest is that of Sir Walter and Lady Charlotte Scott; the inscribed slab covers the Scott's son's grave, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Walter ScottIn their orbit
Spouse: Charlotte Sophia LockhartAbout this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1794 to 1854 · aged 60
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