George Lewis Scott

Who is this?

George Lewis Scott (1708–1780) was a mathematician and literary figure who was tutor to the future George III from 1751 to 1755. A friend of the historian Edward Gibbon, the poet James Thomson and other members of the Georgian era literary world, he was described as 'perhaps the most accomplished of all amateur mathematicians who never gave their works to the world'. He was married for a short time to the writer Sarah Scott but they separated after less than a year. His younger brother Caroline Frederick Scott was an army officer, who gained a reputation for brutality in the aftermath of the 1745 Jacobite Rising.

Career

1. 1708
   Born
2. 1737
   Member of Royal Society
3. 1780
   Passed away
4. Won Fellow of the Royal Society

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Hanover
• •Known as: writer
• •Spouse: Sarah Scott