John Gibson Lockhart (12 July 1794 – 25 November 1854) was a Scottish writer and editor. He is best known as the author of the definitive biography of Sir Walter Scott. This biography has been called the second most admirable in the English language, after Boswell's Life of Johnson.
Read more about John Gibson Lockhart: Early Years, Blackwood's Magazine and Marriage, Literary Contributions, Later Works, His Later Years
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