GK
FAMOUS PERSONALITIES
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Pollock
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Wordsworth
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Sir Walter scott
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Toynbee
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Detailed explanation-1: -The nickname, not always kindly used by critics in the decades to come, was an attempt to capture the extent of Scott’s fame and reputation as the most popular and significant writer of his time.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sir Walter Scott, in full Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, (born August 15, 1771, Edinburgh, Scotland-died September 21, 1832, Abbotsford, Roxburgh, Scotland), Scottish novelist, poet, historian, and biographer who is often considered both the inventor and the greatest practitioner of the historical novel.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels Ivanhoe (1819), Rob Roy (1817), Waverley (1814), Old Mortality (1816), The Heart of Mid-Lothian (1818), and The Bride of Lammermoor (1819), along with the narrative poems Marmion (1808) and The Lady of the Lake (1810).