Great Magician of the North, the—(also: Wizard of the North, the) a name given to Sir Walter Scott (1771 –1832), a Scottish historical novelist:
- Some of stories in respect to variety and length, might safely aspire to a place beside the Great Magician of the North, Sir Walter Scott.
Magician of the North, the—a name given to Johann Georg Hamann (1730–1788), a German philosopher and theologian:
- We may pass directly from Rousseau to Kant, who was largely inspired by … the somewhat mysterious personality of the “Magician of the North.”