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Type of entity
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Scott, Fairfax (1897-1969), classicist and President of Magdalene College, Cambridge
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- Francis Reginald Fairfax Scott
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Description area
Dates of existence
10 September 1897 - 30 July 1969
History
Educated at Lancing College and in 1916 joined the Royal Artillery serving in France during the First World War.
In 1919 he matriculated at Magdalene and studied Classics. He achieved Firsts in both parts of the Tripos and was President of the Boat Club.
In 1923 he was elected a Bye-Fellow and joined the University Press as Assistant Printer.
In 1927 he returned to Magdalene as a Fellow and Tutor and Lecturer in Classics.
WWII - Temporary Administrative Officer, Air Ministry, 1940 - 44.
In 1942 he married Louise May Bywaters and they had two sons and a daughter.
Senior Tutor, 1945 - 1964
Director of Studies in Classics, 1945 - 1969
President, 1962 - 1967
He continued to interview admissions candidates after reaching the age of 70, and died in the middle of one such interview.
Obituary: College Magazine, No.13, 1968-69, pp. 1-5 (F. McD Turner)