AKA Paul Mark Scott

Born: 25-Mar-1920
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 1-Mar-1978
Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: Cancer - unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Novelist

Nationality: England
Executive summary: The Jewel in the Crown

Military service: British Army (1940-43); Indian Army (1943-46)

Father: Thomas Scott (commercial artist)
Mother: Frances
Wife: Elisabeth Avery ("Penny", m. 1941, two daughers)
Daughter: Carol (b. 1947)
Daughter: Sally (b. 1948)

    High School: Winchmore Hill Collegiate School
    Professor: Visiting Professor, University of Tulsa (1976-66)

    Booker Prize 1977 for Staying On
    Risk Factors: Alcoholism

Author of books:
Johnnie Sahib (1952, novel)
The Alien Sky (1953, novel)
The Mark of the Warrior (1958, novel)
The Chinese Love Pavilion (1960, novel)
Birds of Paradise (1962, novel)
The Jewel in the Crown (1966, novel, Raj Quartet)
The Day of the Scorpion (1968, novel, Raj Quartet)
The Towers of Silence (1971, novel, Raj Quartet)
A Division of the Spoils (1975, novel, Raj Quartet)
Staying On (1977, novel)

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