John Galt (novelist)
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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 dea
John Galt Charles Grey 1835
Canada Company office, 1834
Plaque on modern building which occupies the plot in Greenock where his father had the family house built in 1790, marking the garden entrance from Westburn Street to the upstairs flat where Galt died.
The Galt family tomb, inscribed to John Galt, "Author of The Annals of the Parish &c &c."
Guelph
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Guelph is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Known as "The Royal City", it is roughly 22 kilometres east of Kitchener and 70 kilometres west of Downtown Toronto, at the intersection of Highway 6,
John Galt (novelist)
…returned to Canada in 1826. While in Canada, Galt lived in York in Upper Canada (now Ontario), but located the headquarters of the Canada Company at Guelph, a town he also founded in 1827. Later that year, he co-founded the town of Goderich with Tiger Dunlop. The community of Galt, Ontario, was named after…
Downtown Guelph
Bust of John Galt, downtown Guelph
Part of Allan's Mill, built in 1850, still stands in downtown Guelph
Old Guelph City Hall