Key facts
- Born
- before 9 December 1770, Ettrick , Selkirkshire , Scotland
- Died
- 21 November 1835 (aged 64–65), Ettrick, Selkirkshire, Scotland
- Occupation
- Novelist essayist poet biographer journalist
- Nationality
- Scottish
- Period
- 1794–1835
- Notable works
- The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
- Spouse
- Margaret Phillips ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 28 April 1820</span>"}]]}'>1820 )
- Children
- Elizabeth James Harriet Jessie Margaret Mary Catherine
- Relatives
- Margaret Laidlaw (mother)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Family name
- Hogg
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Ettrick
- Place of death
- Ettrick
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- Gothic literature
- Image
- Sir John Watson Gordon - James Hogg, 1770 - 1835. Poet; 'The Ettrick Shepherd' - Google Art Project.jpg
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- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- date of birth
- 1770-01-01
- date of death
- 1835-01-01
- Commons category
- James Hogg
- Commons gallery
- James Hogg
- archives at
- Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- ethnic group
- Scottish people
- writing language
- Scots
- date of baptism
- 1770-12-09
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Works in European collections
4 objects attributed to James Hogg, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
James Hogg (1770 – 21 November 1835) 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 Noctes Ambrosianae, published in Blackwood's Magazine. He is best known today for his novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. His other works include the long poem The Queen's Wake (1813), his collection of songs Jacobite Relics (1819), and his two novels The Three Perils of Man (1822), and The Three Perils of Woman (1823).
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “James Hogg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.