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Scott, Captain Rob|ert Fal|con
(1868-1912) an officer in the British navy, who is often called Scott of the Antarctic. He made two journeys to the Antarctic to try to be the first person to reach the ↑South Pole. He and his group reached the South Pole in 1912, shortly after the Norwegian ↑explorer Roald Amundsen, but Scott's group all died on the way back. His ↑journal, in which he describes their terrible journey, was discovered a year later.
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Scott, Dred
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Scott, Ron|nie
(1927-96) a British ↑saxophone player who started the UK's most famous ↑jazz club, Ronnie Scott's in London
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Scott, Sir Wal|ter
(1771-1832) a Scottish writer and poet who was one of the most popular British writers of the 19th century. He wrote many historical novels based on Scottish history, such as ↑Rob Roy, and on old English stories, such as ↑Ivanhoe. One of his best known poems is The Lady of the Lake.

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