Scott-Moncrieff, George, 1910-1974
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Name (Latin)
Scott-Moncrieff, George, 1910-1974
Other forms of name
Moncrieff, George Scott-, 1910-1974
Scomo, 1910-1974
Scott-Moncrieff, George, 1910-
Moncrieff, George Scott
Date of birth
1910-04-09
Date of death
1974-03-11
Associated country
Great Britain
Field of activity
Architecture, Scottish
Fiction
Journalism
Playwriting
topography
Occupation
Novelists
Dramatists
Journalists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- archive, 10 Feb., 2014 (died at his home in Peeblesshire; He was 64; columnist for The Scotsman newspaper; Edinburgh-born George Scott-Moncrieff (1910-1974), nicknamed Scomo, was a journalist, playwright and novelist and the author of some well-known books on Scotland, such as The Stones of Scotland, and The Scottish Islands; wrote the play "Fotheringhay," about the final years of Mary Queen of Scots and one of his works as a poet was the "Book of Uncommon Prayer; He also wrote on Scottish architecture; became an acknowledged authority on Scottish topography; Scott-Moncrieff moved to the Isle of Eigg from Edinburgh in 1945; returned to stay in Edinburgh in 1951 ( (calumimaclean.blogspot, 6 May, 2014:) )
- Stevenson, R.L. Selected essays, 1988:CIP t.p. (George Scott-Moncrieff)
- LC data base, 12/11/87(Scott Moncrieff, George, 1910- )
- BL database, 3 Aug. 2010(hdg.: Moncrieff, George Irving Scott; usage: Geoege Scott-Moncrieff)
- Isle of Eigg History Soc. WWW site, 3 Aug. 2010:Historic Photographs Project (George Scott Moncrieff (1910-1974))