History Of The Scott Monument Edinburgh To Which Is Prefixed A Biographical Sketch Of Sir Walter Scott Bart

Author : James Colston
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230356570
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (565 download)

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Download or read book History of the Scott Monument, Edinburgh; to Which Is Prefixed a Biographical Sketch of Sir Walter Scott, Bart written by James Colston and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 edition. Excerpt: ... walter scott was born in Edinburgh, on the 15th day of August 1771. His father, who also bore the name of his illustrious son, was a Writer to the Signet, in fair practice; and he again was the third child of Robert Scott, farmer, at Sandy-Knowe, in Roxburghshire, being lineally descended from the Scotts of Harden. It was often the great novelist's boast to trace back his descent from that ancient house. He thus wrote: --' I am lineally descended from that ancient chieftain (of Harden) whose name I have made to ring in many a ditty, and from his fair dame the Flower of Yarrow--no bad genealogy for a Border minstrel.' Scott's mother was Anne Rutherford, eldest daughter of Dr. John Rutherford, Professor of Medicine in the University of Edinburgh, one of the founders of the Medical School of that seat of learning, which has since risen to such distinction as a school of medicine. About the year 1748, he A was the first to introduce the practice of delivering clinical lectures in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh--a practice which is now regarded as so essential a branch of medical education. On his mother's side, Scott was descended from Sir John Swinton of Swinton, Berwickshire, a family of considerable influence and old standing. His descent, therefore, on both sides of the house from ancient respectable Scottish families, was a fact which was not only gratifying to one of Scott's tastes and sympathies, but it must to some extent have influenced his future career in life. The house in which Scott was born was situated at the head of the College Wynd, a narrow alley leading from the street called the Cowgate at the foot of the hill, upwards to what was the situation of the old College gate, before the handsome pile of buildings and the fine..