James Melvin Scott, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJames Melvin Scott
American inventor
Date of Birth: 28-May-1911
Place of Birth: Wisdom, Missouri, United States
Date of Death: 30-Dec-2001
Profession: inventor
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About James Melvin Scott
- James Melvin Scott (nicknamed Scotty, but also called Melvin and Jim) (1911–2001), an author, inventor, and Senior Olympian, was born in Wisdom, Missouri, on 28 May 1911, to James Baker Scott and Cordelia Susan Suiter.
- One of five children (one of whom died in infancy), he grew up in Fairfield, Missouri, seven miles south of Warsaw near Route 83.
- The town is now covered by water, which occurred in the early 1970s when the Harry S.
- Truman Dam and Reservoir began filling.
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