The Black Dwarf (personage)
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David Ritchie (1740-1811), known also as David of Manor Water, Bow'd Davie, Crooked David, and most notably the Black Dwarf, was a dwarf born at the slate quarries of Stobo. He was the inspiration for Sir Walter Scott's novel, The Black Dwarf.
He lived in a cottage on the banks of Manor Water near the town of Peebles, Scotland.
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