John Scott

(1784-1821)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Scott, John, 1784-1821 NRA: Scott John (1783-1821) journalist DNB: Scott, John (1784-1821), journalist LBT ID: JoScott1821 VIAF ID: 29709495 LOC ID: n85052501	B/BAP: 1784-10-24 DIED: 1821-02-27
SOURCES: DNB; Prance, Companion to Charles Lamb (1983); Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
After Marischal College he worked as a journalist with Leigh Hunt, edited The Champion (1814-1817), and edited the London Magazine (1820) until he was killed in the duel at Chalk Farm.
CORRESPONDENCE OF John Scott: Charles Lamb to John Scott, [3 December? 1814] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Charles Lamb to John Scott, 12 December 1814 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) John Scott to Jonathan Christie, 10 January 1821 in Statement &c. ([London]: [Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy], [1821]) Horace Smith to John Scott, 19 January 1821 in Statement &c. ([London]: [Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy], [1821]) John Gibson Lockhart to John Scott, 19 January 1821 in Statement &c. ([London]: [Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy], [1821]) John Scott to John Gibson Lockhart, 20 January 1821 in Statement &c. ([London]: [Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy], [1821]) Peter George Patmore to John Scott, 20 January 1821 in Statement &c. ([London]: [Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy], [1821])