World Literary Awards

← Back to Home

Geoffrey Scott

ジェフリー・スコット

Jefurī Sukotto

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1884-06-11 (Hampstead)
Died
1929-08-14 (New York City) age 45
Nationality
England, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Hampstead → Florence

Career

Occupations
architectural historian, poet, scholar
Active Years
1906-1929
Influenced By
Bernard Berenson, Mary Berenson

Education

Highgate School
Country: United Kingdom
Rugby School
Country: United Kingdom
New College, Oxford
Year of Graduation: 1906
Country: United Kingdom
Newdigate Prize winner

Awards

James Tait Black Memorial Prize
1925
Work: The Portrait of Zélide
Category: 伝記部門
Organization: University of Edinburgh
Result: 受賞
Newdigate Prize
1906
Work: Poem
Organization: University of Oxford
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Architecture of Humanism

1914 Architectural history

A Study in the History of Taste advocating Renaissance architecture.

HumanismArchitectural aesthetics

A Box of Paints

1923 Poetry

Collection of poems.

The Portrait of Zélide

1925 Biography

Biography of Isabelle de Charrière.

Biographical literature

Bibliography

  • The Architecture of Humanism: A Study in the History of Taste (1914)
  • A Box of Paints (1923)
  • The Portrait of Zélide (1925)
  • Poems (1931)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Classical

Health

  • Pneumonia
    1929
    Cause of death.

Legacy

Known as architectural historian, winner of James Tait Black Prize, involved in Berenson circle.