John Galt
Scottish writer
- Lived
- 1779–1839
- Also writes as
- Capt. Samuel Prior, Rev. T. Clark, Robin Goodfellow, Thomas Duffle
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About John Galt
John Galt was a Scottish novelist, entrepreneur, and political and social commentator. Galt has been called the first political novelist in the English language, due to being the first novelist to deal with issues of the Industrial Revolution.
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