John Galt
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Title
John Galt
Subject
The correspondence Byron wrote and some of which he received during the tour.
Description
Mentioned by Hobhouse in 1810-07-31a to Byron. John Galt, Scottish novelist and poet, traveled from Gibraltar to Malta with Hobhouse and Byron, whom he also met at Athens. BB 40n.
John Galt (1779-1839) a Scottish miscellaneous writer, was on a voyage to promote the export of British goods whe he met Byron the journey from Gibraltar to Malta. They met again in Athens. Galt later wrote an undistinguished life of Byron (1830) and made some fame as a novelist, his most successful work being Annals of the Parish (1821)." BLJ II-22n.
John Galt (1779-1839) a Scottish miscellaneous writer, was on a voyage to promote the export of British goods whe he met Byron the journey from Gibraltar to Malta. They met again in Athens. Galt later wrote an undistinguished life of Byron (1830) and made some fame as a novelist, his most successful work being Annals of the Parish (1821)." BLJ II-22n.
Creator
Paul M Curtis
Source
Byron, George Gordon, Lord. Byron’s Letters and Journals. Ed. Leslie A. Marchand. 13 vols. London: John Murray 1973–94.
Peter S Cochran's website: https://petercochran.wordpress.com/byron-2/byron/
Graham, Peter W. Byron's Bulldog. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1984.
Peter S Cochran's website: https://petercochran.wordpress.com/byron-2/byron/
Graham, Peter W. Byron's Bulldog. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1984.
Publisher
The Byron Online Project: http://byrononlineproject.com/
Date
13 April 2014
Contributor
Paul M Curtis
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License.
Relation
David Radcliffe's "Lord Byron and his Times:"
http://www.lordbyron.org/
http://www.lordbyron.org/
Language
English
Type
Person
Coverage
English Romanticism, George Gordon, sixth Baron Byron, 1788-1824; 1809-1811
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Birth Date
1779-05-02
Birthplace
Irvine, Scotland
Death Date
1839-04-11 at Greenock, Scotland
Occupation
writer and traveller
Bibliography
http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10316?docPos=1
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Citation
Paul M Curtis, “John Galt,” ByronOnlineProject, accessed April 28, 2024, https://byrononlineproject.com/items/show/547.
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- Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, from Patras, October 4th 1810 (50) [Person Mentions]
- Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, from Athens, January 10th–14th 1811 (59) [Person Mentions]