Alfred Angas Scott

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

His schooling led through schools in Melrose ( Selkirk , Scotland ) and Abbotsholme near Uttoxeter ( Staffordshire ) to a year at a secondary school, which he attended from July 1, 1891 to July 1892.

Scott trained as an engineer at Douglas & Grant in Kirkcaldy and at W. Sisson & Co Ltd , Gloucestereinem , both marine machinery manufacturers. During his apprenticeship, he learned how to design piston machines and it was there that he also acquired his mechanical knowledge.

After completing his training, he turned to the booming bicycle market . In 1894 he was able to apply for a patent for a rim brake . In 1898 he developed his first two-stroke engine , the special design feature of which was the floating bearing of the connecting rods and a central flywheel on the crankshaft . In 1902 he was granted a patent for this design. In 1909 he founded the Scott Engineering Company .

Scott left the motorcycle factory in 1919 and started a company that made three-wheeled vehicles called the Scott Sociable . However, these proved unsuccessful.

As a hobby Scott was interested in speleology , which was indirectly fatal for him. After an extensive excursion into a cave, from which he returned drenched, Alfred Angas Scott died in 1923 of pneumonia .