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Illustration of 'Hunker Court' part of what Crockett called 'The Sooth Back' in his fiction
Dates: 15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832
Occupation: Novelist, poet, historian, lawyer
Nationality: Scottish
Born Edinburgh, son of a solicitor.…
Article by S.R. Crockett published in the Contemporary Review, April 1895. A robust defence of Scottish humour and its literary tradition, arguing…
Scottish Presbyterian Minister (from Galloway) c1600-1661 from whom Crockett derived/adopted his middle name in tribute.
Pages from inside Sam's University notebook 1881-1882
Sam's University notebook for the academic session November 1881 - April 1882
Copy of birth certificate
Image of S.R.Crockett from the peak of his fame in 1890s
(1850–1894)Scottish novelist, essayist, poet, and travel writer. Correspondence with Crockett from 1880s until his death.
Stevenson archival…
