William Pitt Scargill

Born in 1787, William Pitt Scargill was an English writer and Unitarian minister. Reliable catalog and bibliography records identify him as the author of several novels and place his life between 1787 and 1836.

He is best remembered for works such as Blue-Stocking Hall, a novel that has remained accessible through major public-domain collections. His writing is associated with early 19th-century social fiction, with an emphasis on conversation, character, and the customs of educated society.

Although detailed biographical information appears limited in the sources available here, Scargill’s surviving books show him as a thoughtful literary figure whose work sat at the meeting point of religion, culture, and fiction in Georgian and early Victorian Britain.