Frederick George Scott
Author
1861 – 1944
Who was Frederick George Scott?
Frederick George Scott was a Canadian poet and author, known as the Poet of the Laurentians. He is sometimes associated with Canada's Confederation Poets, a group that included Charles G.D. Roberts, Bliss Carman, Archibald Lampman, and Duncan Campbell Scott. Scott published 13 books of Christian and patriotic poetry. Scott was a British imperialist who wrote many hymns to the British Empire—eulogizing his country's roles in the Boer Wars and World War I. Many of his poems use the natural world symbolically to convey deeper spiritual meaning. Frederick George Scott was the father of poet F. R. Scott.
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- Born
- Apr 7, 1861
Montreal - Children
- Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Education
- Bishop's University
- Lived in
- Montreal
- Died
- Jan 19, 1944
Quebec City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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