Alfred Angas Scott

Alfred Angas Scott ( born October 5, 1874 in Bradford, † August 11 1923 in Bradford ) was an English engineer and businessman.

His education led to schools in Melrose ( Selkirk, Scotland) and Abbotsholme near Uttoxeter (Staffordshire) to one year on a high school, which he attended from 1st July 1891 to July 1892.

Scott was trained as an engineer at Douglas & Grant in Kirkcaldy and at W. Sisson & Co Ltd, Gloucestereinem, both ship engine manufacturer. During his education he learned the design of piston engines and there he acquired his mechanical skills.

After the training, he turned to the booming bike market. In 1894 he was able to sign a rim brake for a patent. In 1898, he developed his first two-stroke engine, the special design feature were the floating mounting of the connecting rods and a central flywheel on the crankshaft. For this construction it a patent was granted in 1902. In 1909 he founded the Scott Engineering Company

Scott left in 1919, the motorcycle factory and founded a company, the tricycles, known as the Scott Sociable, produced. This, however, proved to be unsuccessful.

As a hobby, Scott became interested in caving, which he indirectly proved fatal. After a great trip to a cave, from which he came back drenched, Alfred Angas Scott died in 1923 of pneumonia.

• Man
• Briton
• Engineer, inventor, engineer
• Born in 1874
• Died in 1923