(1771-1832) Scottish novelist and poet. His first works were translations of German ballads, followed by poems such as The Lady of the Lake 1810 and Lord of the Isles 1815. He gained a European reputation for his historical novels such as The Heart of Midlothian 1818, Ivanhoe 1819, and The Fair Maid of Perth 1828. His last years were marked by frantic writing to pay off his debts, after the bankruptcy of his publishing company 1826.

(known as Scott of the Antarctic) (1868-1912) English explorer who commanded two Antarctic expeditions, 1901–04 and 1910–12. On 18 Jan 1912 he reached the South Pole, shortly after Norwegian Roald Amundsen, but on the return journey he and his companions died in a blizzard only a few miles from their base camp. His journal was recovered and published in 1913.

C(ampbell) (1927-) US actor. He often played tough, authoritarian film roles. His work includes Dr Strangelove 1964, Patton 1970, The Hospital 1971, and Firestarter 1984.

(1786-1866) US military leader. During the Mexican War 1846–48 he led the capture of Veracruz and Mexico City. An unsuccessful Whig candidate for president 1852, Scott was still head of the army at the outbreak of the American Civil War 1861 but retired from active service in the same year.
Born in Petersburg, Virginia, Scott attended the College of William and Mary and began his military career 1807. As a colonel in the Anglo-American War 1812–14, he won distinction at the battles of Chippewa and Lundy's Lane. Promoted to brigadier general, he saw action in the Black Hawk War 1832 and Seminole Wars 1835–37. In 1841 he became general in chief of the army.

Adopted name of Owen John Scott (1927-1994) English comic actor. He achieved popularity on television partnering June Whitfield in Happy Ever After and Terry and June 1974–88, in which he epitomized suburban man, by turns timorous and truculent. His wide-ranging career also encompassed theater, films, and radio.
Scott was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, and studied accounting before serving in the navy in World War II. He took up acting and worked with repertory companies; he later switched to comedy, when he learned his craft in clubs and on seaside variety shows. He won intial success on radio and then in 1955 appeared with Bill Maynard in the TV comedy series Great Scott It’s Maynard. In 1962 Scott teamed with Hugh Lloyd for Hugh and I, a hit series which ran for seven seasons, and in 1974 came his first pairing with June Whitfield.
Scott played supporting roles in films, including seven of the Carry On series (he played Cardinal Wolsey in Carry On Henry 1970). He was a pantomime dame at the London Palladium for three seasons, and performed in West End stage farces such as The Mating Game 1972. In private life he was a lay preacher.

(1847-1925) Australian social reformer and suffragist. She was a founding member of the Women's Literary Society in 1889 from whose members the Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales was formed in 1891. Her report on conditions at Sydney's Darlinghurst Jail led to the establishment, in 1906, of a separate prison for women. She was first president of the Women's Political Educational League, and in 1910 was instrumental in raising the age of consent to 16.

(1939-) English film director and producer. His work includes some of the most visually spectacular and influential films of the 1980s and 1990s, such as Alien 1979 and Blade Runner 1982. Criticized for sacrificing storyline and character development in favor of ornate sets, Scott replied with Thelma and Louise 1991, a carefully wrought story of female bonding and adventure.
Having started as a set designer, Scott graduated to directing episodes of the television series Z before leaving the BBC 1967. He completed his first film The Duellists 1977. Among his other films are Legend 1985, Someone to Watch Over Me 1987, Black Rain 1989, and 1492—The Conquest of Paradise 1992.

Adopted name of Randolph Crane (1903-1987)
US actor. He began his career in romantic films before becoming one of Hollywood’s leading Western stars in the 1940s. His films include Roberta 1934, Jesse James 1939, The Tall T 1956, and Ride the High Country 1962.

(Mark) (1920-1978) English novelist. He was the author of The Raj Quartet consisting of The Jewel in the Crown 1966, The Day of the Scorpion 1968, The Towers of Silence 1972, and A Division of the Spoils 1975, dealing with the British Raj in India. Other novels include Staying On 1977, which is set in post-independence India.

(1899-1985) Canadian poet. A distinguished academic, constitutional lawyer, and leftist social critic, he was intellectually as well as poetically committed to social justice and regeneration through love and renewed contact with nature. His collections include Overtures 1945 and The Dance is One 1973. His volume of satirical verse The Eye of the Needle appeared 1957.

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