Duncan Campbell Scott was born in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1862. He was
educated there and at Stanstead College in Quebec. He entered the
civil service in 1897 as a junior clerk in what would become the
Department of Indian Affairs; by 1913 he had risen to the rank of
Deputy Superintendent General, a position he held until his
retirement in 1932.
Urged to write by his close friend Archibald Lampman, Scott became
a skilled and popular poet, short-story writer, and casual
essayist. His best-known stories, such as those collected in In
the Village of Viger (1896), are delicate yet intense
explorations of traditional communities and cultures struggling to
adjust to a rapidly changing world. His poetry often reflects his
concerns for and sympathy with the lives of Native peoples.
Duncan Campbell Scott died in Ottawa in 1947.
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