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C. K. Scott Moncrieff

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

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

About C. K. Scott Moncrieff

Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff (25 September 1889 – 28 February 1930) 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". == Early life == Charles Kenneth Michael Scott Moncrieff was born at Weedingshall, Stirlingshire, in 1889, the youngest son of William George Scott Moncrieff (1846–1927), Advocate, Sheriff Substitute, and Jessie Margaret Scott Moncrieff (1858–1936). He had two elder brothers: Colin William (1879–1943), father of the Scottish author and playwright George Scott Moncrieff; and John Irving Scott Moncrieff (1881–1920). == Education == === Winchester College === In 1903, Scott Moncrieff was accepted as a scholar to Winchester College. In 1907, while a scholar at Winchester College, Scott Moncrieff met Christopher Sclater Millard, bibliographer of Wildeana and private secretary to Oscar Wilde's literary executor and friend Robbie Ross. In the Spring 1908, he published a short story, 'Evensong and Morwe Song', in the pageant issue of New Field, a literary magazine of which he was the editor. The story's sensational opening implies fellatio between two boys at a fictional public school 'Gainsborough' but its action principally concerns the hypocrisy of William Carruthers, the elder of the boys, who as headmaster of 'Cheddar' school, goes on to expel, for the same offence, the son of the boy he seduced. The story was republished in 1923 by Uranian publisher John Murray in an edition of fifty copies for private circulation only. The magazine was hastily suppressed.

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Career and life highlights

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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