Allen J. Scott

Allen John Scott (born 1938) is a professor of geography and public policy at University of California, Los Angeles, retiring in 2013.

Biography

Scott was born in Liverpool, England in 1938. Allen graduated from St John's College, Oxford University in 1961. He holds a Ph.D. degree from Northwestern University (1965). He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, University College London, Toronto University, University of Paris, University of Hong Kong, and since 1981 at the University of California, Los Angeles where he is distinguished professor with joint appointments in the Department of Public Policy and the Department of Geography.

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J. Scott (Cambridgeshire cricketer)

J Scott (dates unknown) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1819 to 1831. He was mainly associated with Cambridge Town Club and made 8 known appearances in first-class matches.

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John Scott (botanist)

John Scott FLS (5 April 1836–11 June 1880) was a Scottish botanist and gardener.

Born at Denholm, he was the gardener at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, seat of the Dukes of Devonshire, before becoming foreman of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, in 1859. He emigrated to India in 1864, with the patronage of Charles Darwin, becoming curator of the Calcutta Botanic Garden in 1865. While in India he carried out numerous botanical experiments and observations on behalf of Darwin.

He was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1873 and died at Garvald, East Lothian.

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