Top 10 scottish poets and writers
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This document lists and provides brief biographical information on 10 famous Scottish poets and writers, including Sir Walter Scott, Robert Burns, Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, J.M. Barrie, Andrew Lang, George MacDonald, Kenneth Grahame, R.M. Ballantyne, and James Boswell. It provides their dates of birth and death and lists some of their most famous works. It concludes by providing a link to purchase Scottish-themed iPhone cases.
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History of victorian age
The document provides an overview of the Victorian Age in England from 1832 to 1887. It describes some of the key political, social, and economic developments of the period, including the Reform Bills of 1832 and 1867 that extended voting rights. It also summarizes some of the major literary works and authors of the era, such as Charles Dickens, the Brontë sisters, Alfred Tennyson, and John Ruskin.
Quick Scottish History - 13. 17 May - 23 May
This document provides a summary of topics from Scottish history discussed in Issue 13 of "Quick Scottish History". It discusses how the Atlantic slave trade affected the city of Aberdeen, with many owning slaves or receiving compensation, and some architecture being funded by slave owners. It also profiles Agnes Dollan, a prominent Scottish suffragette and political campaigner in the early 20th century. The document includes brief timelines of important events in Scottish history for each day of the week.
English literature
- William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He wrote 154 sonnets and 38 plays including famous works like Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth and others. Shakespeare died in 1616 at the age of 52.
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William Morris
William Morris was an English artist, designer, poet, writer, and political activist. He was a founding father of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Some of his most notable works include The Defence of Guinevere, and other Poems, News from Nowhere or An Epoch of Rest, and The Well at the World's End. As a designer, he helped develop decorative arts like the Golden, Troy, and Chaucer typefaces. He believed in an aesthetic philosophy that valued beauty, utility, harmony, and craftsmanship.
Jack london
Jack London was born in San Francisco in 1876. He had a difficult childhood and worked various labor jobs as a teenager. He was interested in socialism and traveled extensively, including sailing in the Pacific and going to the Klondike Gold Rush in Alaska in 1897. London wrote over 50 books in his lifetime, including novels, short stories, and essays. Some of his most famous works that explored themes of survival in the wilderness were The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and To Build a Fire. He died in 1916 at the age of 40.
Charles dickens bio and time ppt
Charles Dickens was born in 1812 in Portsmouth, England. As a young boy, he worked at a boot blacking factory and his father was imprisoned for debt, forcing Charles to leave school. He later became a journalist and began publishing short stories and novels in the 1830s such as The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, and A Christmas Carol. Dickens wrote extensively about the social problems and poverty of Victorian London. He became one of the most popular writers in English and wrote many acclaimed novels until his death in 1870 at the age of 58.
Charles dickens bio and time ppt
Charles Dickens was born in 1812 in Portsmouth, England. As a child, he worked at a boot blacking factory and his father was imprisoned for debt. He later became a journalist and began publishing short stories and novels like The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, and A Christmas Carol in the 1830s-1840s. Dickens wrote 24 major novels that brought attention to social problems and injustices during the Victorian era like child labor. He died in 1870 at the age of 58 after suffering a stroke.
Oscar wilde2
Oscar Wilde was a famous Irish poet and playwright born in 1854 in Dublin. He attended Oxford University and published his first collection of poetry in 1881. Wilde married Constance Lloyd in 1884 and they had two sons. He published several works in the late 1880s including The Picture of Dorian Gray and wrote his first play, Lady Windermere's Fan, in 1892. Wilde had a four year relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas from 1891. He was imprisoned in 1895 for gross indecency with a man. Wilde contracted meningitis in prison and died in 1900 at the age of 46.
Quick Scottish History - 20. 5 July - 11 July
This weekly Scottish history newsletter provides historical events and figures from July 5th to 11th, including:
1) On July 5th, 1847 the final run of the Edinburgh to London mail coach took place as trains took over mail transport.
2) On July 6th, 1747 John Paul Jones, considered the founder of the US Navy, was born in Scotland.
3) On July 7th, 1814 Sir Walter Scott published 'Waverley', the first book in the Waverley Novels series.
4) Additional historical information is provided on Scottish kings, the oldest football club in Scotland, and a weekly history quiz.
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie is considered the best-selling author of all time, second only to the Bible. She created two famous detectives - the eccentric Belgian Hercule Poirot and the inquisitive Miss Jane Marple. Christie wrote over 60 detective novels and short story collections, as well as several romantic novels published under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. She received Britain's highest honor when appointed Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1971, and died in 1976 after a short illness.
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Top 10 scottish poets and writers
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- 2. R.M. Ballantyne Born: April 24, 1825, Edinburgh Died: February 8, 1894 Famous works: • The Hudson's Bay Company (1848) • The Coral Island (1857) • Personal Reminiscences of Book Making (1893)
- 3. J.M. Barrie • Born: May 9, 1860 • Died: June 19, 1937 Famous works: • Auld Licht Idylls (1888) • Sentimental Tommy (1896) • Margaret Ogilvy (1896) • Peter Pan (1904) • Dear Brutus (1917)
- 4. Andrew Lang • Born: March 31, 1844 • Died: July 20, 1912 Famous works: • Prose translations of Homer's Odyssey and Iliad (1879, 1883) • Custom and Myth (1884) • The Blue Fairy Book (1889) • The Mystery of Mary Stuart (1901) • Shakespeare, Bacon and the Great Unknown (1912)
- 5. George MacDonald • Born: December 10, 1824 • Died: September 18, 1905 Famous works • Phantastes (1858) • At the Back of the North Wind (1871) • The Princess and the Goblin (1872) • Sir Gibbie (1879) • Lilith (1895)
- 6. Sir Walter Scott • Born: August 15, 1771 • Died: September 21, 1832 Famous works • Marmion (1808) • The Lady of the Lake (1810) • Waverly (1814) • Rob Roy (1817) • Ivanhoe (1819)
- 7. Robert Louis Stevenson • Born: November 13, 1850 • Died: December 3, 1894 Famous works: • Treasure Island (1883) • The Silverado Squatters (1883) • A Child's Garden of Verses (1885) • Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) • Kidnapped (1886)
- 8. Kenneth Grahame • Born: March 8, 1859 • Died: July 6, 1932 Famous works: • Pagan Papers (1893) • The Golden Age (1895) • Dream Days (1898) • The Wind in the Willows (1908)
- 9. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle • Born: May 22, 1859 • Died: July 7, 1930 Famous works: • A Study in Scarlet (1887) • The White Company (1891) • The Adventures of Shelock Holmes (1892) • The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902) • The Lost World (1912)
- 10. Robert Burns • Born: January 25, 1759 • Died: July 21, 1796 Famous works: • "Holy Willie's Prayer" (1785) • "To a Mouse" (1785) • "Auld Lang Syne" (1788) • "Tam o' Shanter" (1790) • "My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose" (1794)
- 11. James Boswell • Born: October 29, 1740 • Died: May 19, 1795 Famous works: • The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) • "No Abolition of Slavery" (1791) • numerous journals
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