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Walter Scott

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Walter Scott

United Kingdom

Sir Walter Scott, born in 1771 in Edinburgh, overcame childhood polio. His first novel Waverley 1814 and Ivanhoe 1819 defined the historical novel genre. He died in 1832 after strokes.

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1730 1970