An erudite encounter with: Scott Henderson, AO.

Abstract

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 50(11) Hearing the Hindi greeting, ‘Aap Kaise Ho?’, echo across a conference foyer enunciated with a Scottish twang is a memory that for me sums up Scott Henderson to a tee. Scott is both perfectly Scottish and delightfully skittish. Known for mischievously imbuing conversation with humour and skilfully immingling esoteric phrases, summoned with ease from his illimitable knowledge, with more serious questions, Scott manages to disguise his genuine interest in others and their betterment. Quintessentially a pedagogue, he uses the flourishes that his Scottish accent naturally affords to full effect and enthusiastically emphasizes the importance of curiosity at every opportunity presented to him. As his very many friends and colleagues around the globe can attest, Scott, an ornithologist himself, is indeed a rare bird.