F. R. Scott

Melissa A. Dalgleish (Independent Scholar - North America)

Ed. by Karis Shearer, University of British Columbia
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.1.2: Canadian Writing and Culture (Anglophone): The Twentieth Century and beyond, 1900-present.
Vol. editors: Sarah Henzi (Simon Fraser University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Glen Nichols (Mount Allison University), Wendy Roy (University of Saskatchewan), Denis Salter (McGill University), Karis Shearer (University of British Columbia)

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Born 1 Aug 1899
Died 30 Jan 1985
Activity 1919-1985

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Born in Canada
Active in Canada

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F.R. (Francis Reginald) Scott was a Canadian poet, academic, and legal expert. He was instrumental in founding the C.C.F., Canada’s first democratic-socialist party, and was involved in the writing, editing, and publication of numerous important modern Canadian poetic works and little magazines including the

McGill Fortnightly Review

(1925-27), a publication which is often associated with the advent of modernism in Canada. Scott was made a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1947 and was twice awarded the Governor General’s Award for his writing (in 1977 and 1981). Although he was a

poet, lawyer, teacher, […] Dean of Law at McGill University, constitutional lawyer, fighter for civil liberties over many years, political activist for almost forty years, former national chairman of

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Citation: Dalgleish, Melissa A. . "F. R. Scott". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 05 July 2012 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=3976, accessed 23 November 2024.]