James Hogg

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title: James Hogg
text: James Hogg was a Scottish poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both Scots and English. As a young man he worked as a shepherd and farmhand, and was largely self-educated through reading. He was a friend of many of the great writers of his day, including Sir Walter Scott, of whom he later wrote an unauthorised biography. He became widely known as the "Ettrick Shepherd", a nickname under which some of his works were published, and the character name he was given in the widely read series Nocte
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description: Scottish poet and novelist (1770–1835)
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date created: 2003-05-04T16:05:05Z
date modified: 2024-08-28T20:45:15Z
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