Fred Newton Scott, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American writer
Date of Birth: 20-Aug-1860
Place of Birth: Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
Date of Death: 29-May-1931
Profession: writer
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Fred Newton Scott
- Fred Newton Scott (1860–1931) was an American writer, educator and rhetorician.
- Scott received his A.B., A.M, and Ph.D from the University of Michigan.
- In the preface to The New Composition Rhetoric, Newton Scott states “that composition is…a social act, and the student [should] therefore constantly [be] led to think of himself as writing or speaking for a specified audience.
- Thus not mere expression but communication as well is made the business of composition.” Fred Newton Scott saw rhetoric as an intellectually challenging subject.
- He looked to English departments to balance work in rhetoric and linguistics in addition to literary study.
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