Sir walter scott brief biography of abraham lincoln

Within a year during the winter of the infant Walter contracted polio and became permanently lame in his right leg.

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It was , before he returned to his family in Edinburgh. For Scott the transition from Sandyknowe to the rough and tumble of a larger family was hard. In his parents sent him to the High School of Edinburgh where he developed a love of literature. His education continued at the local grammar school. It was here he met his future business partner James Ballantyne.

With his time at school complete he enrolled at Edinburgh University where he stayed from until when, with his course still incomplete, he withdrew perhaps once again because of illness. With the world of work beckoning Walter Scott was indentured to his father to train as a solicitor. By the spring of , Scott was again seriously ill and although his subsequent recovery was slow he remained in good health for almost three decades.

On Christmas eve , Scott married Frenchwoman Charlotte Carpenter and subsequently had five children together. They also had a summer home in the nearby village of Lasswade. It was here that Scott began his literary career. In he was appointed part-time Sheriff Depute of Selkirkshire a position which allowed him to spend around five months of the year in the Borders.

In the years to come, many of his forays out of Edinburgh would provide the background and characters in his books. His early literary works included translations from German but his first major work was the publication, between and , of the Minstrelsy of the Scottish Borders. Much more followed.