Michael Scott

Born near Glasgow on October 30, 1789, he was educated in the city before going to Jamaica as a young man. There he worked first in estate management and later in business in Kingston, and those experiences gave him the firsthand material that would shape his writing.

He wrote under the pseudonym Tom Cringle and became known for Tom Cringle's Log, a vivid blend of fiction, memoir, and travel writing. Another major work, The Cruise of the Midge, also drew on his knowledge of sea voyages and Caribbean life, and together these books earned him a lasting place in Scottish and maritime literature.

He died in Glasgow on November 7, 1835. A suitable verified portrait image could not be confirmed from the sources reviewed, so no profile image is included.