Hogg, James, 1770-1835
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Name (Latin)
Hogg, James, 1770-1835
Other forms of name
Ettrick shepherd, 1770-1835
Craig, J.H., 1770-1835
Date of birth
1770-12-09
Date of death
1835-11-21
Associated country
Great Britain
Field of activity
Ballads
Essays
Fiction
Poetry
Songs
Occupation
Poets
Shepherds
Essayists
Novelists
Associated Language
sco
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- Halkett and Laing, 1971:(Hunting of Badlewe by J.H. Craig [James Hogg, the Ettrick shepherd])
- Hunting of Badlewe, 1814:t.p. (J.H. Craig)
- The Jacobite relics of Scotland, 1819:t.p. (being the songs, airs, and legends, of the adherents to the House of Stuart, collected and illustrated by James Hogg, author of "The Queen's wake," &c. &c.)
- The domestic manners and private life of Sir Walter Scott, 1834:t.p. (by James Hogg)
- The private memoirs and confessions of a justified sinner, 1824:t.p. (written by himself)
- Wikipedia, 22 January 2020(James Hogg (1770-21 November 1835) was a Scottish poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both Scots and English; as a young man he worked as a shepherd and farmhand; became widely known as the "Ettrick Shepherd", a nickname under which some of his works were published; wrote an unauthorized biography of Sir Walter Scott; baptized in Ettrick, Selkirkshire, Scotland on 9 December 1770; died in Ettrick)
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