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C. K. Scott Moncrieff

Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff, Scottish author and translator (died 1930)

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Born
September 25, 1889
Died
February 28, 1930
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1889

About C. K. Scott Moncrieff

Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff was a Scottish writer and translator, most famous for his English translation of most of Marcel Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu, which he published under the Shakespearean title Remembrance of Things Past. His family name is the double-barrelled name "Scott Moncrieff". In 1913 Scott Moncrieff won The Patterson Bursary in Anglo Saxon. Scott Moncrieff published the first volume of his Proust translation in 1922 and continued to work on the other volumes until his death in 1930. Through his friendship with the young Noël Coward, Scott Moncrieff made the acquaintance of Mrs Astley Cooper and became a frequent guest at her home, Hambleton Hall.

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C. K. Scott Moncrieff timeline

  1. In 1913 Scott Moncrieff won The Patterson Bursary in Anglo Saxon.
  2. Scott Moncrieff published the first volume of his Proust translation in 1922 and continued to work on the other volumes until his death in 1930.

The world when C. K. Scott Moncrieff was born

C. K. Scott Moncrieff was born in 1889. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineEiffel Tower opens for Paris World's Fair
  • Technology milestoneEiffel Tower — world's tallest structure
  • World population~1.49B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderBenjamin Harrison
  • U.S. population58.6M

1889 versus 2026

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Measure18892026
Population58.6M341 million

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