Background
Scott was born in Glasgow, Scotland.
Scott was born in Glasgow, Scotland.
With Honours in English Literature and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Edinburgh.
His writing is closely tied to the New Apocalypse, the New Romantics, and the Scottish Renaissance. During World World War II he served in the British Army in Britain and Nigeria. After the war he received an Master of Arts His first poems were published in 1941.
During his travels he became interested in Scots literature as his own neglected native dialect, which shaped the direction of his work for the rest of his life.
He settled in Edinburgh and in 1953 married Heather Fretwell. He died in 1995 aged 77.
