The New International Encyclopædia/Scott, Duncan Campbell

SCOTT, Duncan Campbell (1802— ). A Canadian poet, born in Ottawa. Ontario. He was educated at Stanstead Wesleyan College. Having entered the Canadian civil service as a third-class clerk in 1879, he rose rapidly to the position of chief clerk and accountant (1893). His published verse comprises The Magic House (1893) and Labor and the Angel (1898). The Village of Viger (1896) is a collection of ten short stories of Canadian country life. See Canadian Literature.