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Andrew LangDates: 31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912
Occupation: Poet, critic, folklorist, historian
Nationality: Scottish
Born Selkirk, eldest son of the town…
W.E.HenleyDates: 23 August 1849 – 11 July 1903
Occupation: Poet, critic, editor
Nationality: English
Born Gloucester, son of a bookseller. Tubercular disease…
J.M.BarrieDates: 9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937
Occupation: Novelist, playwright
Nationality: Scottish
Born Kirriemuir, Angus, the son of a weaver. Educated at…
E.A.HornellEdward Atkinson Hornel (1864–1933) Scottish painter associated with the Glasgow Boys movement. Lived in Kirkcudbright, Galloway from1866, where he…
T.Fisher UnwinT. Fisher Unwin (Thomas Fisher Unwin, 1848–1935)
Son of printer Jacob Unwin (founder of Unwin Brothers and the Gresham Press) Thomas founded the…
Robert Louis Stevenson(1850–1894)Scottish novelist, essayist, poet, and travel writer. Correspondence with Crockett from 1880s until his death.
Stevenson archival…
William Robertson NicollDates: 10 October 1851 – 4 May 1923
Occupation: Free Church minister, editor, journalist
Nationality: Scottish
Sir William Robertson Nicoll was…
Otto Von Bismarck (1815-1898)Otto Von Bismarck , Chancellor of German Empire 1871-1890 whom Crockett met during his travels in Switzerland c1884.
Samuel RutherfordScottish Presbyterian Minister (from Galloway) c1600-1661 from whom Crockett derived/adopted his middle name in tribute.
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807- 1892)Whittier was an American Quaker poet, influenced by Robert Burns. Crockett corresponded with him in the 1880s.