John Strang (writer)

John Strang (10 February 1795 – 8 December 1863),[1] born in Glasgow, was a writer and traveller; later in life he had a career in civic affairs in the city.

His youthful translations from the German of E. T. A. Hoffmann and others, were collected into a volume, and this introduced him to men of letters in London and in France and Germany.

[2] He became editor in 1832 of The Day, a short-lived daily literary paper published by William Motherwell, to which he contributed articles.

[2] In recognition of his literary merit and public services, the University of Glasgow conferred on him in 1843 the honorary degree of LL.D.

[4] He spent his last summer in France and Germany, contributing to the Glasgow Herald a series of letters from "an invalid in search of health".