Scott

(Thomas), English scholar, b. 28 April 1808. In early life he travelled widely, lived with Indians and had been page to Chas. X, of France. Having investigated Christianity, he in later life devoted himself to Free thought propaganda by sending scholarly pamphlets among the clergy and cultured cla es. From ’62–77, he i ued from Mount Pleasant, Ramsgate, over a hundred different pamphlets by Bp. Hinds, F. W. Newman, Kalisch, Lest range, Will is, Strange, etc., most of which were given away. He i ued a challenge to the Christian Evidence Society, and wrote with Sir G. W. Cox , The English Life of Jesus ’71. Altogether his publications extend to twenty volumes. Little known outside his own circle, Thomas Scott did a work which should secure him lasting honor. Died at Norwood, 30 Dec. 1878.