Sir '''Walter Scott''' (1771-1832) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] novelist and [[poet]] who is most famous for writing ''[[Ivanhoe]]'' (1820), a novel about a complicated romance in 12th-century England. Scott is the father of both the regional and historical novels. | Sir '''Walter Scott''' (1771-1832) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] novelist and [[poet]] who is most famous for writing ''[[Ivanhoe]]'' (1820), a novel about a complicated romance in 12th-century England. Scott is the father of both the regional and historical novels. |