Mr. Justice Taney's Dred Scott decision in 1857 was unpopular in the North, and soon became a dead letter.

Romantic friendships were also popular in the U. S. Enigmatic poet Emily Dickinson wrote over 300 letters and poems to Susan Gilbert, who later became her sister-in-law, and engaged in another romantic correspondence with Kate Scott Anthon.

In 1982, Hampton Fancher and David Peoples ' loose cinematic adaptation became the film Blade Runner, which was directed by Ridley Scott.

Scott had originally planned to next adapt a version of Tristan and Iseult, but after seeing Star Wars, he became convinced of the potential of large scale, effects-driven films.

Following the news of his death, Scott became an iconic British hero, a status maintained for more than 50 years and reflected by the many permanent memorials erected across the nation.

From a previously unassailable position, Scott became a figure of controversy, with questions raised about his competence and character.

Promotion, and the extra income this would bring, now became a matter of considerable concern to Scott.

The expedition had caught the public imagination, and Scott became a popular hero.

Within days, Scott became a national icon.

After Huntford's book, debunking Captain Scott became commonplace ; Francis Spufford, in a 1996 history not wholly antagonistic to Scott, refers to " devastating evidence of bungling ", concluding that " Scott doomed his companions, then covered his tracks with rhetoric ".

The ragtime composer Scott Joplin became famous through the publication in 1899 of the " Maple Leaf Rag " and a string of ragtime hits that followed, although he was later forgotten by all but a small, dedicated community of ragtime aficionados until the major ragtime revival in the early 1970s.

In 1899, Scott Joplin's " Maple Leaf Rag " was published, which became a great hit and demonstrated more depth and sophistication than earlier ragtime.

Among those familiar with his poetry, his identity became an open secret, but Scott persisted maintaining the façade, perhaps because he thought his old-fashioned father would disapprove of his engaging in such a trivial pursuit as novel writing.

During this time Scott became known by the nickname " The Wizard of the North ".

According to the OED, John Paul Scott coined the word " sociobiology " at a 1946 conference on genetics and social behaviour, and became widely used after it was popularized by Edward O. Wilson in his 1975 book, Sociobiology: The New Synthesis.

Scott became the second defensive player in Super Bowl history ( after linebacker Chuck Howley in Super Bowl V ) to earn a Super Bowl MVP.

Catherine Clinton suggests that anger over the 1857 Dred Scott decision may have prompted Tubman to return to the U. S. Her land in Auburn became a haven for Tubman's family and friends.

On the 31 August 1974, Mr David Scott Munro, of Ross-shire Caberfeidh Water Ski Club, became the first person in the world to water ski ( mono ski ) the length of Loch Ness, Scotland.

In 1987, author and lecturer Eugenie Scott, who holds a PhD in Physical Anthropology, became its executive director.

Jones, whose voice has been described as a " full-throated, robust baritone ", became the frontman for Tommy Scott and the Senators, a Welsh beat group, in 1963.

James Scott became Duke of Monmouth in 1663.

Scott McKenzie's rendition of John Phillips ' song, " San Francisco ", became a hit in the United States and Europe.

Scott McKenzie's 1967 rendition of John Phillips ' song " San Francisco ( Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair )", which helped to inspire the hippie Summer of Love, became a homecoming song for all Vietnam veterans arriving in San Francisco from 1967 onward.

In the judgment of Chief of Staff Scott it was ironic that the draft policy of a Democratic President, aimed at Germany, had to be pushed through the House of Representatives by the ranking minority member of the Military Affairs Committee -- a Republican Jew born in Germany!!

The initial Board of Trustees consisted of Scott Bradner, John Curran, Kim Hubbard, Don Telage, Randy Bush, Raymundo Vega Aguilar, and Jon Postel ( IANA ) as an ex-officio member.

Original member Lee Smith, who has co-producer credit on the original 12 ” " South Bronx " single, was the last to be inexplicably jettisoned by KRS-One and the future new label after Scott ’ s death.

During the 1990s, deprogrammer Rick Ross was sued by Jason Scott, a former member of a Pentecostal group called the Life Tabernacle Church, after an unsuccessful deprogramming attempt.

During the 1990s, Rick Ross, a noted cult intervention advocate who took part in a number of deprogramming sessions, was sued by Jason Scott, a former member of a Pentecostalist group called the Life Tabernacle Church ( part of United Pentecostal Church International ), after an unsuccessful forcible deprogramming.

After the 1997 death of Scott Krueger, a new member at the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, MIT required all freshmen to live in the dormitory system starting in 2002.

* 1912 – Henry Robertson Bowers, Scottish Lieutenant, member of the Scott Expedition to the South Pole ( b. 1883 )

* 1912 – Sir Robert Falcon Scott, English explorer, member of the Scott Expedition to the South Pole ( b. 1868 )

* 1912 – Edward Adrian Wilson, English physician and naturalist, member of the Scott Expedition to the South Pole ( b. 1872 )

Scott served as chairman of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and was also a member of the Royal Celtic Society.

* Scott Morgan ( Loscil ), musician, member of Destroyer

** Scott Raynor, Drummer and founding member of Blink-182

In 2006, guitarist Scott Ian was a cast member of VH1's reality show SuperGroup and is also featured on many other VH1 shows such as I Love the 80s and I Love the 90s.

As well, National Organization for Marriage board member and fiction writer Orson Scott Card has supported biological research on homosexuality, writing that " our scientific efforts in regard to homosexuality should be to identify genetic and uterine causes ... so that the incidence of this dysfunction can be minimized .... this should not be seen as an attack on homosexuals, a desire to ' commit genocide ' against the homosexual community ....

It was there, in 1960, that he met fellow faculty member, architect and planner Denise Scott Brown.

Scott, who was the gallery owner and a member of the Church of Scientology, talked about the Church and the show in an interview in the South London Guardian.

In 1978, Topeka attorneys Richard Jones, Joseph Johnson and Charles Scott Jr. ( son of the original Brown team member ), with assistance from the American Civil Liberties Union, persuaded Linda Brown Smith — who now had her own children in Topeka schools — to be a plaintiff in reopening Brown.

Terry Scott Taylor ( born May 24, 1950 ) is an American songwriter, record producer, writer and founding member of the bands Daniel Amos and The Swirling Eddies ( credited as Camarillo Eddy ).

Scott County is a member of the Metropolitan Council, and shares many of the council's concerns about responsible growth management, advocating for progressive development concepts such as clustering, open-space design, and the preservation of open space and rural / agricultural land.

Several well-known people live here, including Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle Corporation, who spent nine years building an architecturally authentic, $ 200 + million Japanese feudal castle and man-made lake in Woodside ; Gordon E. Moore, co-founder of Intel and originator of Moore's Law ; John Thompson, CEO of Symantec ; Neil Young, rock musician and songwriter, who owns a ranch and recording studio there ; Michelle Pfeiffer, actress, and her husband David E. Kelley, producer ; Thomas Siebel, founder of Siebel Systems ; Scott Cook, co-founder of Intuit, Inc .; John Doerr, venture capitalist ; Dr. Carl Djerassi, novelist and member of team that developed the birth control pill ; Kenneth Fisher, founder of Fisher Investments, Forbes columnist, author, and local historian ; Susan Dawson, philanthropist ; and Joan Baez, folk singer.

It is also home to New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, a megachurch which is known for many high-profile funerals, including those of Coretta Scott King, wife of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and of singer Lisa Lopes ( also known as " Lefteye "), member of the R & B group TLC.

* Structures offer slices of Cedar Lake's past-article by Scott Bocock, member of the Cedar Lake Historical Association

* W. Scott Heywood ( 1872 – 1950 ), member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1932 – 1936, author of homestead exemption ; discovered oil in Jeff Davis Parish in 1901

Following the death of Ted Kennedy, the state's senior ( Class I ) member of the United States Senate is John Kerry ( re-elected in 2008 ); the junior ( Class II ) senate seat is held by Scott Brown.