Scott, MICHAEL, author of Tom Cringle's Log, was born in Glasgow, 30th October 1789, and, after attending some classes at the university, went to seek his fortune in Jamaica. He spent a number of years in the West Indies, but in 1822 established himself in business in Glasgow, where he died, 7th November 1835. In 1829 he published anonymously in Blackwood's Magazine the brilliant serial story, Tom Cringle's Log, which, like The Cruise of the Midge, another of his numerous contributions to 'Maga,' has been often republished separately.
Scott, MICHAEL
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 254
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