Dr john galt biography template
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L’Encyclopédie de l’histoire du Québec / The Quebec History Encyclopedia
Date Published:
July 2005
Galt, John (1779-1839), novelist, was born in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, on May 2, 1779, the son of John Galt, the captain of a West Indiaman. He was educated at Greenock, went to London in 1804, spent the years 1809-11 in the Near East, and then returned to England to support himself by writing. He tried journalism, biography, drama, and finally fiction. His stories of Scottish life, which he began to publish in 1820, established his reputation as a novelist. At the same time began his connection with Canada. In 1820 he was appointed London agent for the Canadian claimants for compensation in connection with losses sustained during the War of 1812; and in 1824 he was the promoter of the Canada Company, and was appointed secretary of the board of directors. As a commissioner of the company he visited Canada in 1825, and again in 1826. On the latter occasion, he was appointed superintendent, and he remained in Canada until 1829. He founded in 1827 the town of Guelph, Upper Canada ; and the town of Galt, Upper Canada, was named after him. To him belongs the honour of opening up the Huron Tract; but in doing so he did not succeed i
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John Galt
Protagonist in Atlas Shrugged
For other uses, see John Galt (disambiguation).
Fictional character
John Galt () is a character in Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged (1957). Although he is not identified by name until the last third of the novel, he is the object of its often-repeated question "Who is John Galt?" and of the quest to discover the answer. Also, in the later part it becomes clear that Galt had been present in the book's plot all along, playing several important roles though not identified by name.
As the plot unfolds, Galt is acknowledged to be a philosopher and inventor; he believes in the power and glory of the human mind, and the rights of individuals to use their minds solely for themselves. He serves as a highly individualistic counterpoint to the collectivist social and economic structure depicted in the novel, in which society is based on oppressive bureaucratic functionaries and a culture that embraces mediocrity in the name of social egalitarianism, which the novel posits is the result of collectivist philosophy.
Character biography
[edit]The novel unfolds Galt's story in a progressive retrospective, with Galt, the son of an Ohio garage mechanic, leaving home at age twelve and beginning college at the fictional Patrick Henry Unive
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John Galt
Nationality: Scottish. Born: Irvine, Milcher, 2 Possibly will 1779. Education: Irvine Grammar School; schools in Greenock; Lincoln's Inn, London, 1809-11. Family: Wed Elizabeth Tilloch in 1813; three inquiry. Career: Salesperson, Greenock Import charges House, 1796, and financial assistance James Writer and Band, Greenock, 1796-1804; engaged stop in full flow business ventures in Writer, 1805-08 (bankrupt, 1808); journey in Sea and Next to East, 1809-11: met Byron; agent in lieu of a shopkeeper in Settlement, 1812-13; rewriter, Political Review, London, 1812, and New British Theatre monthly, Author, 1814-15; organize, Royal Caledonian Society, 1815; regular donor, Monthly Magazine, 1817-23, put up with Blackwood's Magazine, from 1819; lobbyist sale the Capital and Port Union Render Company, 1819-20, and afterwards for depiction United Kingdom Loyalists bid other clients; secretary, 1823-25, and supervisor, resident instructions Canada, 1825-29, to rendering Canada Party, formed expose the sect of tiara land: supported the township of Guelph, Ontario, 1827; imprisoned on line for debt aft his resurface to England, 1829; rewriter, the Courier newspaper, Author, 1830; subscriber Fraser's Magazine, from 1830; lived encumber Greenock, 1834-39. Died: 11 April 1839.
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