Duncan Scott

Duncan Campbell Scott DLitt, LLD (2 August 1862 - 19 December 1947) was a Canadian poet and short story author.

Scott had always lived in Ottawa, Ontario where he was born. As part of the Confederation Poets group, he became an influential figure in Canadian literature.

He worked in the Canadian government's Department of Indian Affairs and became a Commissioner of Treaty 9, an agreement with some First Nations groups in Northern Ontario and Northwestern Quebec.

He received honorary degrees from the University of Toronto (Doctor of Letters in 1922) and Queen's University (Doctor of Laws in 1939).

Scott died at his residence in Ottawa.

Bibliography

* 1893: "The Magic House and Other Poems" (Methuen)
* 1896: "In the Village of Viger" (Copeland)
** 1945 reissue (Ryerson)
** 1973 reissue (McClelland and Stewart) ISBN 0-7710-9192-3
* 1905: "New World Lyrics and Ballads" (Morang)
* 1905: "John Graves Simcoe" (Morang)
* around 1905: untitled novel
** 1979 issue (Penumbra) ISBN 0-920806-04-X
* 1906: "Via Borealis" (Tyrell)
* 1916: "Lundy's Lane and Other Poems" (McClelland)
* 1921: "Beauty and Life" (McClelland)
* 1923: "The Witching of Elspie" (McClelland)
* 1926: "The Poems of Duncan Campbell Scott" (McClelland)
* 1947: "The Circle of Affection and Other Pieces in Prose and Verse" (McClelland)
* 1947: "Walter J. Phillips" (Ryerson)

References

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External links

* [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/canvers/t16-206-e.html Collections Canada: Duncan Campbell Scott]
* [http://collections.ic.gc.ca/treatynine/BIOGRAPHY/Biography.htm Collections Canada: Duncan Campbell Scott biography, relating to Treaty 9]