Full Name: Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet.
Nickname: The Wizard of the North.

Father: Walter Scott (solicitor, 1729–1799).
Mother: Anne Rutherford (1739–1819).
Wife: Charlotte Margaret Carpenter (m. 25-Dec-1797).
Daughter: Charlotte Sophia Scott (b. 1799).
Son: Walter Scott (b. 1801).
Daughter: Anne Scott (b. 1803).
Son: Charles Scott (b. 1805).

Date of Birth: 15 August 1771.
Birth Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

Date of Death: 21 September 1832 (aged 61).
Death Place: Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland.
Cause of Death: Stroke.
Remains/Buried: Dryburgh Abbey, Roxburghshire, England.

Gender: Male.
Race or Ethnicity: White.
Education: Royal High School of Edinburgh (1779), University of Edinburgh (1783).
Occupation: Novelist, Poet, Historian, Lawyer.
Nationality: Scotland.

Influenced By: Edgeworth, Shakespeare, Edmund Spenser, John Dryden, Jonathan Swift, Mackenzie, Blacklock.

Influenced: Elizabeth Gaskell, James Hogg, Victor Hugo, James Cooper, Robert Louis Stevenson, George Eliot, Charles Dickens, John Banim, N. D. Wilson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Honoré de Balzac.

Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet Sir Walter Scott (15 August 1771-21 September 1832) is considered the master of the historical novel. He was one of the most influential authors of modern times. His special interest was Scotland's history and culture which he described in his historical novel works.

Early Life & Childhood: Walter Scott was born on 15 August 1771 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. In 1773, he was sent to live in the rural Borders region at Sandyknowe to cure his lameness. At Sandyknowe, he was taught to read by his aunt Jenny and learned from her the speech patterns. In 1775, he returned to Edinburgh. In 1776, Scott went back to Sandyknowe for another attempt and back two years later. In October, 1779 he admitted at the Royal High School of Edinburgh. Then Scott entered at the Edinburgh University where he studied arts and law. During this time, he met the blind poet Thomas Blacklock. In 1786, he left the university early without taking a degree for his illness. In 1789, he returned to university where he studied moral philosophy and Universal History. On 6th July 1792, he passed the Scots law examination of the Faculty of Advocates but unfortunately, he lost his first case.

Personal Life & Marriage: Walter Scott's father, also Walter Scott was a successful solicitor and his mother was named Anne Rutherford (1739–1819). In Sep. 1797, Scott met Margaret Charlotte Carpenter (1770–1826). Three weeks later he proposed to her and they were married on Christmas Eve 1797. The couple had two son and two daughter.

Later Life & Death: In December 1799, Walter Scott became the new sheriff-depute of Selkirkshire. In 1802-03, he published his first major work Minstrelsy Of The Scottish Border. Then he published The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805). In 1806, he became clerk to the Court of Session in Edinburgh. In the 1810s, Scott published several novels with John Ballantyne & Company. He published The Lay of the Lake (1810), Rokeby (1813) and The Bridal of Triermain (1813). In 1813, Scott refused the offer of poet laureate but recommended Robert Southey. Next 10 years, he published several novels including Waverly (1814), Guy Mannering (1815), The Antiquary (1816), Rob Roy (1817), The Heart of Midlothian (1818) and Ivanhoe (1819). In 1820, he created a baronet. Then next few years, he wrote Woodstock (1826), The Fair Maid of Perth (1828), Anne of Geierstein (1829) and Count Robert of Paris (1831). In 1826, he visited France to collect material for his Life Of Napoleon, which was published in 9 volumes in 1827. Sir Walter Scott suffered his first stroke on 15th February 1830. After suffering in stroke three times, he died on 21st September 1832 and was buried at Dryburgh Abbey, Dryburgh, Roxburghshire, United Kingdom.