Background
Scott, Frank was born on August 1, 1899 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada. Son of Frederick George and Amy Scott.
Scott, Frank was born on August 1, 1899 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada. Son of Frederick George and Amy Scott.
1 son. Bachelor of Arts, Bishop’s College, 1919, Magdalen College, University of Oxford, 1922. B.Litt, Magdalen College, University of Oxford, 1934. Bachelor of Civil Law, McGill University, 1927.
Bar: Quebec 1927. Practices law, 1927. Member of faculty McGill Faculty Law, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, since 1928, dean faculty, 1961-1964. Visiting professor Toronto University, 1953, Michigan State University, 1957, French Canada Studies Program, McGill University, 1967-1971, Dalhousie University, 1969-1971.
Company-founder and past president League for Social Reconstruction
Member Royal Commision on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, 1963-1971. Delegate to British Commonwealth Labour Parties Consultant, London, 1944, Toronto, 1947.
Adviser to Government of Saskatchewan at Constnl. Conferences, 1950, 60; United Nations technical assistance resident representative to Burma, 1952.
Counsel civil liberties cases Supreme Court of the Canada, 1956-1964.
Company-editor: McGill Fortnightly Review, 1925-1927, Canada Mercury, 1928, Canada Forum, 1936-1939, Preview, 1942-1945, Northern Review, 1945-1947. Collections of poems include Overture, 1945, The Eye of the Needle, 1957, (translation) Poems of Garneau and Hebert, 1962, Signature, 1964, Selected Poems, 1966, Trouvailles, 1967, The Dance is One, 1973, (translation) Poems French Canada, 1977 (Canada award for Poetry 1982), The Collected Poems, 1981 (Governor General’s award for poetry 1981). Editor: (with A.J.M. Smith) New Provinces: poem of several authors, 1936, The Blasted Pine: An Anthology of Satire, Irreverent and Disrespectful Verse, 1957, The Blasted Pine: An Anthkology of Satire, Irreverent and Disrespectful Verse, review edit, 1967.
Company-author: Social Planning for Canada, 1935, Canda Today, Her National Interests and National Policy, 1938, Democracy Needs Socialism, 1938, Make This Your Canada, 1943, Canada after the War, 1943.
Author: Civil Liberties and Canadian Federalism, 1959, Quebec States Her Case, 1964, Essays on the Constitution: aspects of Canadian law and politics, 1977 (Government"s General’s award for non-fiction 1978).
Fellow British Academy (correspondent). Member American Academy Arts and Science (honorary). Clubs: McGill Faculty, University, International.
Married Marian Mildred Dale, 1928.