John Galt

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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.

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.

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/

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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Paul M Curtis, “John Galt,” ByronOnlineProject, accessed April 28, 2024, https://byrononlineproject.com/items/show/547.

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