Samuel Rutherford Crockett

Samuel Rutherford Crockett (24 September 1859

– 16 Aprile 1914) wis a Scots novellist, born at LIttle Duchrae, Galloway, grandson  o Galloway  tenant fermer William Crocket.

He wis brocht up on a Galloway ferm, won the Gallowa Bursary  tae Edinburgh Varsity in 1876 an, efter studies an some years o traivel abroad as a private tutor, graduated fre  New College  in 1886. He became meenister o Penicuik in November 1886. Earlier that year he produced his first publication, Dulce Cor (), a collection o verse. 

He  resigned the Free Kirk ministry in 1895 for novelle-writin.

The sonse o J.M. Barrie an the Kailyard schuil o writin haed creatit a demand for stories in Scots whan Crockett furthsetit his sonsefu stories o The Stickit Minister in 1893. It wis follaet bi near 70 popular novelles, half o them featurin the history o Scotland and his native Galloway. The ithers sat aroon Europe. 

Warks
The Raiders, The Lilac Sun-bonnet an Mad Sir Uchtred (1894)
The Men of the Moss Hags (1895)
Cleg Kelly an The Grey Man (1896)
The Surprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion (1897)
The Red Axe (1898)
Kit Kennedy (1899)
Joan of the Sword Hand an Little Anna Mark (1900)
Flower o' the Corn (1902)
Red Cap Tales (1904)

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