About Jack Denton Scott
Lived 1915 – 1995 (aged 79–80). Jack Denton Scott was an American writer and war correspondent.
Jack Denton Scott (1915–1995) was an American author who contributed to Reader's Digest for thirty years.
Born in Elkins, West Virginia, Scott started writing at the age of 16. He studied literature at Columbia University and University of Oxford.
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Who was Jack Denton Scott?
American author
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Jack Denton Scott was born in 1915 in Elkins.
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Jack Denton Scott died in 1995.
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Jack Denton Scott was a writer and war correspondent.
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Jack Denton Scott was American.
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