Sir Walter Scott: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet
Born	August 15, 1771 • Edinburgh • Scotland
Died	September 21, 1832 (aged 61) • Scotland
Notable Works	“Ivanhoe” • “Kenilworth” • “Marmion” • “Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border” • “Old Mortality” • “Quentin Durward” • “Rokeby” • “Talisman” • “The Chase, and William and Helen” • “The Heart of Midlothian” • “The Lady of the Lake” • “The Lay of the Last Minstrel” • “The Waverley Novels” • “Waverley”
Movement / Style	Romanticism