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Galt (JOHN a Scotch novelist born)

JOHN, a Scotch novelist; born in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, May 2, went to London, with an epic poem on He remained there till 1804, when he GALVANISM general secretary of the British Association in 1863-1868; president of the Antute in 1885-1886. He died in 1911. tute in 1885-1886. He died in 1911. president of the Anthropological Insti- 1779. He was educated in Greenock, and was then placed in the custom house.

He remained there till 1804, when he went to London, with an epic poem on the battle of the Largs. After a few years his health began to fail, and he was obliged to seek relief in a more genial climate. At Gibraltar he made the Galt separated from his new friends to friend Hobhouse, and the three travelers subsequently medicine at the university published with considerable success