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Created page with "== Early Life and Education == Sir Walter Scott was born on August 15, 1771, in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was the ninth child of Walter Scott, a solicitor, and Anne Rutherford, the daughter of a professor of medicine. Scott contracted polio as a child, which left him with a permanent limp. Despite his physical limitations, he showed an early interest in literature and history. He attended the Royal High School of Edinburgh and later studied law at the University of Edi..."