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J. M. Scott

1906 - 1986

Polar explorer and author.

This description is derived from chapter 5 of "The Watkins Boys" by Simon Courtauld, published by Michael Russell of Norwich in 2010, and from British Polar Exploration and Research, by N.R.Poulsom and J.A.L.Myres, published by Savannah Publications in 2000.

James Maurice Scott was the son of a lawyer who grew up on the Island of Mull, went to Fettes School and read natural sciences at Clare College Cambridge, where he also obtained a rugby blue and met Gino Watkins. In 1928 the pair went to Labrador to explore and map a wild inland area, travelling on foot, by canoe, and with dog teams. Watkins then organised the British Arctic Air Route Expediton of 1930-31 for which Jamie bought the dogs in West Greenland. Watkins drowned on his second trip to Greenland in August, 1932. Jamie married Gino's sister Pam in 1933 and published a biography of Gino in 1935.

During World War Two, Scott was engaged in irregular warfare.

Scott published the first of more than twenty books in 1935 and spent nearly thirty years working for the Daily Telegraph.

In retirement he was a keen gardener; at the age of seventy-nine he fell from an apple tree and suffered a fatal heart attack.

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  • Cover of: Reader's Digest condensed books: Winter 1954 Selections: Volume Sixteen

    First published in 1954 6 editions in 1 language — 6 previewable Cover of edition readersdigestcon16cros Cover of edition readersdigestco161954cros Cover of edition readersdigestcon00geld Cover of edition readers16digestconcros Cover of edition readersdigestcon0000unse_t9l0
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  • Cover of: The land that God gave Cain: an account of H. G. Watkins' expedition to Labrador, 1928-1929

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    First published in 1969 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1949 2 editions in 1 language
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Subjects
History, Description and travel, Biography, Discovery and exploration, Découverte et exploration, Fiction, Fiction in English, Iceni, Opium, Wine and wine making, Agriculture, Artistic Photography, British, British Arctic Air-Route Expedition, 1930-1931, Britons, Children's stories, Condensed books, Discoveries in geography, Dog Sledging, Environmental studies, Ethnology, Exchange Telegraph Company, Exploration, Expéditions scientifiques, French Novelists
Places
Arctic regions, France, Antarctica, Great Britain, Italy, America, Apennines (Italy), Greenland, Labrador, Labrador (N.L.), Pall Mall (London, England), Polar regions, Pyrenees (France and Spain)
People
Gino Watkins, Boadicea Queen (d. 62), Henry George Watkins (1907-1932), Fridtjof Nansen, Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), George Sand (1804-1876), Henry Hudson (d. 1611), Henry Hudson (d.1611), Jamie Scott, Lionel Alistair David Leslie
Time
Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D., 1928-1929, 19th century

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Alternative names

  • Jamie M Scott
  • James Maurice Scott

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October 22, 2021 Edited by David Scotson Edited without comment.
June 7, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
September 9, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import