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* Alexander Scott (16th-century poet) (c. 1520–1582/83), Scottish poet *

Alexander Scott (20th-century poet) Alexander Scott (1920–1989) was a Scottish poet, playwright and scholar born in Aberdeen. He wrote poetry in both Scots and Scottish English as well as plays, literary reviews and critical studies of literature. As a writer, scholar, dramatist ...

(1920–1989), Scottish poet, playwright and campaigning scholar *

Alexander Scott (painter) Alexander Scott (1854–1925) was a British landscape painter, the son oThomas Dewell Scott a noted portraitist for ''The Illustrated London News''.Severson, 2002, p. 103 He was in Hawaii by 1906, and stayed until 1908. Scott’s 1910 portrai ...

(1872–1925), British painter *Alexander "Scotty" Scott, spy played by Bill Cosby in the television series ''

I Spy I spy is a guessing game where one player (the ''spy'' or ''it'') chooses an object within sight and announces to the other players that "I spy with my little eye something beginning with...", naming the first letter of the object. Other players ...

Religion

Alexander John Scott The Reverend Doctor Alexander John Scott (1768–1840) was an Anglican chaplain who served in the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He served as Horatio Nelson's personal chaplain at the Battle of Trafalgar, ...

(1768–1840), British chaplain and friend of Horatio Nelson *

Alexander John Scott (principal) Alexander John Scott (1805–1866) was a Scottish dissident theologian, who became the first principal of Owens College in Manchester. Early life The son of Rev Dr John Scott DD (died 1836), minister of the Middle Parish, Greenock, by his wif ...

(1805–1866), Scottish dissident theologian, and first principal of Owens College, Manchester

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Alexander Scott (chemist) Dr Alexander Scott FRS FRSE PCS (28 December 1853–10 March 1947) was a 19th/20th century Scottish chemist who served as Director of Scientific Research at the British Museum. He was President of the Chemical Society from 1915 to 1917. He det ...

(1853–1947), Director of Scientific Research at the British Museum *

Alexander Scott (geologist) Dr Alexander Scott FRSE FGS (1890–1951) was a 20th-century Scottish geologist. He was an expert on clays needed for the ceramic industry. Life He was born in Glasgow on 4 July 1890. He studied Science at Glasgow University graduating M ...

(1890–1951), Scottish geologist *

Alexander Walker Scott Alexander Walker Scott (10 November 1800 – 1 November 1883) was an Australian entomologist mainly interested in butterflies. Scott was the son of Dr Helenus and Augusta Maria Scott. He was born in Bombay, India and was educated at Bath Gramm ...

(1800–1883), Australian entomologist

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Alexander Scott (architect) Alexander Scott (25 August 1920 – 12 January 2005) was a British architect. His work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV O ...

(1920-2005), British architect *

Alexander Scott (Medal of Honor) Alexander Scott (August 19, 1844 – May 27, 1923) was a soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Monocacy, Maryland. Biography Alexander Scott was th ...

(1844–1923), American soldier *

Alexander Ritchie Scott Dr Alexander Ritchie Scott FRSE (1874–27 November 1962) was a 20th-century Scottish mathematician and statistician. Life He was born in Edinburgh and educated at George Heriot's School. He studied mathematics and science at the Universit ...

(1874–1962), Scottish mathematician *Alexander

MacCallum Scott Alexander MacCallum Scott (1874–1928) was Liberal MP for Glasgow Bridgeton. He was president of Glasgow University Union, worked briefly served as private secretary to Winston Churchill, and was the first biographer of Churchill (works publ ...

(1874–1928), British Member of Parliament for Glasgow Bridgeton, 1910–1922 *Scott Alexander Siskind, American psychiatrist and author of the online blog

Slate Star Codex ''Slate Star Codex'' (SSC) was a blog focused on science, medicine (especially within psychiatry), philosophy, politics, and futurism. The blog was written by Scott Alexander Siskind, a San Francisco Bay Area psychiatrist, under the pen name Sco ...

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