Alfred Angas Scott

Alfred Angas Scott was a motorcycle designer, inventor and founder of the Scott Motorcycle Company. A prolific inventor, he took out over 50 patents between 1897 and 1920, mostly concerning two-stroke engines and road vehicles. Scott was a keen potholer and the second president of the Gritstone club. In July 1923 Scott travelled back to Bradford in his open Scott Sociable wearing wet potholing clothes and contracted pneumonia from which he died.

Personal facts

Alfred Angas Scott
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1875
Birth place
Manningham Bradford
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1923
Resting place
Bradford , Undercliffe Cemetery

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  1. http://broughscott.bravehost.com/Brough/scottfamily.htm
  2. http://www.scottownersclub.org/scott_motorcycle_history.htm