Haliburton was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia[?] to an upper class family. He attended King's College, Halifax and became a lawyer, opening a practice in Annapolis Royal[?].
Haliburton became noted local business man and a judge, but his great fame came from his writing. Haliburton wrote a diverse number of books on history, politics, and farm improvement. He rose to world wide fame with his Clockmaker serial that first appeared in the Novascotian[?] and was later published in book form throughout the British Empire. The books recounted the humourous adventures of the character Sam Slick[?] and became extremely popular light reading.
Haliburton eventually retired from law a moved to England where he continued writing and died there in 1865.
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