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nounUnited States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War (1786-1866)
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nounUnited States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state; caused the Supreme Court to declare the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional (1795?-1858)
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nounBritish author of historical novels and ballads (1771-1832)
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nounaward-winning United States film actor (1928-1999)
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nounEnglish explorer who reached the South Pole just a month after Amundsen; he and his party died on the return journey (1868-1912)
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Definition that contains scott
- park Scottish explorer in Africa (1771-1806)
- brown Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)
- adam Scottish architect who designed many public buildings in England and Scotland (1728-1792)
- grant Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978)
- wilson Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813)
- smith Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790)
- wilson Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959)
- todd Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907)
- ross Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)
- mill Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836)