Clan Moncrieffe People Charles Kenneth (C.K.) Scott-Moncrieff (1889 – 1930) Scottish writer, most famous for his English translation of most of Proust’s A la recherche du temps perdu, which he published under the Shakespearean title Remembrance of Things Past. Scott-Moncrieff’s magnificent Proust translation (volumes 1 through 6 of the seven) has earned him a place […]
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Clan Moncrieffe People
Charles Kenneth (C.K.) Scott-Moncrieff (1889 – 1930) Scottish writer, most famous for his English translation of most of Proust’s A la recherche du temps perdu, which he published under the Shakespearean title Remembrance of Things Past. Scott-Moncrieff’s magnificent Proust translation (volumes 1 through 6 of the seven) has earned him a place as one of the greatest translators of all time. William Scott-Moncreiffe (b.1922) Member of Parliament, also Under-Secretary for Finance in the Department of Health and Social Security from 1977 to 1982.