death_date death_place birth_place imagesize nationality notableworks birth_date period spouse genre image article_title name occupation
11 april 1839 greenock , scotland irvine , ayrshire , scotland 150px scottish '' of dalmailing '' annals of the parish '' '' the chronicle 2 may 1779 1812 -- 1839 elizabeth tilloch poetry , drama , short stories , travel writing john galt 7.jpg john galt -lrb- novelist -rrb-
 john galt writer , colonial businessman
john galt -lrb- novelist -rrb-

john galt -lrb- ; 2 may 1779 -- 11 april 1839 -rrb- was a scottish novelist , entrepreneur , and political and social commentator .
because he was the first novelist to deal with issues of the industrial revolution , he has been called the first political novelist in the english language .
he was the founder of the city of guelph in canada , and father of sir alexander tilloch galt of montreal .
