What is Walter Scott?
{{Infobox writer | name = Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet | image = Sir Walter Scott - Raeburn.jpg | imagesize = 250px | caption = [[Henry Raeburn|Raeburn]]'s portrait of Sir Walter Scott in 1822. | pseudonym = | birth_date = 15 August 1771 | birth_place= [[College Wynd]], [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1832|9|21|1771|8|15}} | death_place = [[Abbotsford House|Abbotsford]], [[Roxburghshire]], Scotland | occupation = {{unbulleted list |Historical novelist|Poet |{{hlist|[[Faculty of Advocates|Advocate]]}} |[[Sheriff-Depute]] |[[Clerk of Session]]}} | nationality = Scottish | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = [[Romanticism]] | spouse = Charlotte Carpenter (Charpentier) | partner = | children = | alma_mater = [[University of Edinburgh]] | relatives = | signature = Sir Walter Scott Signature.svg | website = }} [[File:Sir Walter Scott statue at Scott Monument.jpg|thumb|250px|The Scott Monument, Edinburgh]] '''Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet''', [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|FRSE]] (15 August 1771 &ndash; 21 September 1832) was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] historical [[novelist]], [[playwright]], and [[poet]], widely popular in the first half of the 19th century. Scott was the first English-language author to have a truly international career in his lifetime.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottsabbotsford.co.uk/history/ |title=Walter Scott was the foremost literary figure of his days |accessdate=2011-04-09}}</ref> As adventures, ''[[Ivanhoe]]'', and ''[[Rob Roy (novel)|Rob Roy]]'' are very well-known, and both were made into films. ''[[Waverley (novel)|Waverley]]'' is important because it is the first [[historical novel]]. It was, for most readers, their first encounter with [[Highlands and Islands|Highland]] culture. Scott wove together [[history]] and [[fiction]]. What he started with ''Waverley'', he continued with his other novels. Scott wrote very many books. Though many of his works are little read now, they sold well in their day, and paid for his g