James Hogg
b. c. 1770 d. 1835
Scottish poet and novelist. Son of a shepherd of Ettrick Hall in Ettrick Forest. Worked as a shepherd in Ettrick Forest, then south-western Scotland, 1790–1810. Published his first book in 1801, and then regularly submitted to magazines. In 1810, moved to Edinburgh, where he established himself as a leading literary figure.
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ODNB.
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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