Walter Scott

L'abbe Walter Scott

Publisher Marketing: "L'Abbe" de Walter Scott. ." Contributor Bio:  Scott, Walter Walter Scott was born in Edinburgh in 1771, and attended university there, following his father's footsteps and becoming a barrister. After publishing numerous works of poetry, he wrote his first novel in 1814. With Ivanhoe (1820), Scott moved from the Scottish settings he was known for, to writing about a variety of locales and time periods. He died, nearly penniless, at Abbotsford, Scotland, in 1832.