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John Gibson Lockhart

Born

in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland

July 14, 1794

Died

November 25, 1854

Genre

Biography, Fiction

Influences

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John Gibson Lockhart was a Scottish writer and editor. He is best known as the author of a 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.

Between 1818 and 1825 Lockhart worked indefatigably. In 1819 Peter's Letters to his Kinsfolk appeared, and in 1822 he edited Peter Motteux's edition of Don Quixote, to which he prefixed a life of Cervantes. Four novels followed: Valerius in 1821, Some Passages in the Life of Mr. Adam Blair, Minister of Gospel at Cross Meikle in 1822, Reginald Dalton in 1823 and Matthew Wald in 1824. But his strength did not lie in novel writing. In 1825 Lockhart accepted the editorship of the Quarterly Review, which ...more

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Average rating: 3.76 · 403 ratings · 15 reviews · 996 distinct works • Similar authors

	The History of Napoleon Buonaparte 3.76 avg rating — 262 ratings — published 1829 — 119 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lockhart's Life of Scott 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1837 — 314 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mary Celeste and Other Strange Tales of the Sea 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1952	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Adam Blair by John Gibson Lockhart, Ian Campbell (Introduction) 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1822 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 2.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011 — 71 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I of 10 2.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Napolyon Bonapart’ın Hayatı 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ancient Spanish Ballads 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2003 — 98 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peter's Letters to his Kinsfolk it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1819 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You are too young," said one of the Directors, hesitating about his appointment as general. "In a year," answered Napoleon, "I shall be either old or dead.”
― J.G. Lockhart, The History of Napoleon Buonaparte

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“My appetite for books was as ample and indiscriminating as it was indefatigable, and I since have had too frequently reason to repent that few ever read so much, and to so little purpose.”
― J.G. Lockhart, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I of 10

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“My father used to protest to me on such occasions that he thought I was born to be a strolling pedlar; and though the prediction was intended to mortify my conceit, I am not sure that I altogether disliked it.”
― J.G. Lockhart, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I of 10

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