Paul Scott was born at 130 Fox Lane in the district of Palmers Green/Southgate, in North London, the … See more

Scott was conscripted into the British Army as a private soldier early in 1940, with the British Intelligence Department. He trained as a private in Torquay with the 8th Battalion, "The Buffs." During this time two of his aunt… See more

In 1941, before his military posting, Scott had published a collection of three religious poems entitled I, Gerontius, as part of the Resuram Series of pamphlets. He wrote for Country Life and The Times. His work was included in … See more

Granada Television showed Staying On, with Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson as Tusker Smalley and his wife Lucy. The success of its first showing in Britain in December 1981 encouraged Granada to embark on … See more

While Scott was teaching creative writing at the University of Tulsa in 1976, he arranged to sell his private correspondence to that university's McFarlin Library, thus making available some 6,000 personal letters. The materials b… See more

In Torquay in 1941 Scott met and married his wife Penny (born Nancy Edith Avery in 1914). At the time she was a nurse at the Rosehill Children's Hospital. Later she became a novelist herself. They had two daughters, … See more