Editing Nigel Tranter (section)

{{Short description|Scottish writer}}
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 | name        = Nigel Tranter
 | image       = Nigel_Tranter.png
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 | pseudonym   = Nye Tredgold
 | birth_date  = {{birth date|df=yes|1909|11|23}}
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 | death_date  = {{death date and age|df=yes|2000|1|9|1909|11|23}} 
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 | occupation  = Writer
 | nationality = Scottish
 | period      = 1935 – 2007 (published posthumously)
 | genre       = [[Nonfiction|Non-fiction]]<BR> 
[[Historical fiction]]<BR> [[Adventure_fiction | Adventure]] <BR> [[Westerns]] <BR> [[Children%27s_literature |  Children's]]
 | subject     = [[History of Scotland|Scottish history]] <BR> Architecture <BR> Travel (Scotland)
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'''Nigel Tranter''' [[OBE]] (23 November 1909 – 9 January 2000) was a writer of a wide range of books on history and architecture, both fiction and non-fiction. He was best-known for his popular and well-researched historical novels, covering centuries of Scottish history.