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Duncan Campbell Scott (2 August 1862 – 19 December 1947 / Ottawa, Ontario)
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Duncan Campbell Scott was a Canadian poet and prose writer. With Charles G.D. Roberts, Bliss Carman and Archibald Lampman, he is classed as one of Canada's Confederation Poets.
Scott was also a Canadian lifetime civil servant who served as deputy superintendent of the Department of Indian Affairs from 1913 to 1932, and is "best known" today for "advocating the assimilation of Canada’s First Nations peoples" in that capacity.
Life
Scott was born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of Rev. ... more »
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