C. (Cyril) Kay-Scott

Born Frederick Creighton Wellman, he was an American physician who also worked as a scientist, teacher, playwright, artist, and engineer. He published literary work under the pseudonym Cyril Kay-Scott, and some sources also note another pen name, Richard Irving Carson.

His life seems to have moved through medicine, travel, and writing all at once. Records from the University of Tennessee describe a manuscript collection for Blind Mice, and Project Gutenberg lists Blind Mice and Sinbad among the works published under the Kay-Scott name.

Kay-Scott is also remembered in connection with writer Evelyn Scott: sources say they adopted new names when they left for Brazil together in 1913. Even in brief outline, his story feels larger than one profession, which helps explain the unusual energy and range associated with his work.