Douglas Scott

Douglas Scott may refer to:

  • Doug Scott, British mountaineer, famous for the first ascent of the South-West Face of Mount Everest
  • Douglas Scott (writer), writer of thrillers often based during the Second World War
  • Douglas Scott (Australian politician) (1920-2012), Australian politician
  • Douglas Scott, Scottish cosmologist and professor of physics and astronomy at the University of British Columbia
  • Douglas Scott (designer) (1913-1990), industrial designer who designed the London Routemaster double-decker bus
  • George Douglas Scott (known as Doug Scott) chairman of TEDCO and winner of the Queens Award for Enterprise Promotion.

Famous quotes containing the words douglas and/or scott:

    “For here the lover and killer are mingled
    who had one body and one heart.
    And death who had the soldier singled
    has done the lover mortal hurt.”
    —Keith Douglas (1920–1944)

    “The lightning—it is good for you. Your father was Frankenstein, but your mother was the lightning. She has come down to you again.”
    —W. Scott Darling, and Erle C. Kenton. Ygor (Bela Lugosi)