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Also Known As Samuel Crockett
Born September 24, 1859 • Scotland
Died April 16, 1914 (aged 54) • Tarascon • France
Movement / Style Kailyard school
Barrie, 1893
J.M. Barrie
Scottish author
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
British author
Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott
Scottish writer
Smollett, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist, about 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Tobias Smollett
Scottish novelist
Lockhart, detail of an oil painting by H.W. Pickersgill, 1830
John Gibson Lockhart
Scottish biographer
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
British statesman and author
Neil Miller Gunn
Scottish author
A.J. Cronin, c. 1930.
A.J. Cronin
British author
Alasdair Gray
Scottish novelist, playwright, and artist
John Galt, oil painting by Charles Gray; in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
John Galt
Scottish author and administrator
Lewis Grassic Gibbon
Scottish author
George Mackay Brown
Scottish writer
Margaret Oliphant, detail of a drawing by J.M. Oliphant, 1895
Margaret Oliphant Oliphant
Scottish writer
James Hogg, detail of an oil painting by W. Nicholson; on loan to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
James Hogg
Scottish poet
Josephine Tey, 1934
Josephine Tey
Scottish author
Henry Mackenzie, detail of an oil painting by William Stavely; in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
Henry Mackenzie
Scottish author
George Macdonald, engraving
George Macdonald
British author
Susan Edmonstone Ferrier
Scottish author
George Douglas
Scottish author
Ballantyne, R.M.
R.M. Ballantyne
Scottish author