Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs GCB GCMG (6 August 1855 – 11 February 1948) was an Australian lawyer, politician, and judge who served as the ninth Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1931 to 1936.He had previously served on the High Court of Australia from 1906 to 1931, including as Chief Justice from 1930.. Isaacs was born in Melbourne and grew up in Yackandandah and …

Walter Scott (Sir Walter Scott, 1 er baronnet [1]) est un poète, écrivain et historien écossais né le 15 août 1771 à Édimbourg et mort le 21 septembre 1832 à Abbotsford.. Avocat de formation, amateur d'antiquités [2], il parcourt d'abord l'Écosse, à la recherche de son passé.Au tournant des XVIII e et XIX e siècles, il se lance dans la littérature, publiant des textes anciens ...