James Hogg was a Scottish poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both Scots and English. As a young man he worked as a shepherd and farmhand, and was largely self-educated through reading. Wikipedia
Born: December 9, 1770, Ettrick, United Kingdom
Died: November 21, 1835 (age 64 years), Ettrick, United Kingdom
Children: Elizabeth Hogg, Harriet Sidney Hogg, Catherine Hogg, and more
Parents: Margaret Laidlaw
Notable works: The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
Poems