Walter Scott was an Australian academic. He was the son of G. I. Scott and educated at Balliol College, Oxford, graduating with first-class honours in classics and the Ireland, Craven and Derby scholarships. From 1879 he was a fellow of Merton College, and in 1884 was appointed professor of classics at the University of Sydney; his inaugural lecture, 'What is Classical Study', delivered on 23 March 1885, was published as a pamphlet. Wikipedia
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