Facts: - ru amateuryears: ? -1880 1880-1885 - death place: edinburgh , scotland - relatives: peter brother guthrie tait , father frederick guthrie tait , - ru amateurclubs: edinburgh academicals cambridge university - ru nationalpoints: -lrb- 0 -rrb- - birth name: john guthrie tait - death date: 4 october 1945 - ru nationalyears: 1880-1885 - ru nationalcaps: 2 - university: peterhouse , cambridge - birth date: 24 august 1861 - school: edinburgh academy - name: john guthrie tait - birth place: edinburgh , scotland - ru position: forward - ru nationalteam: scotland Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john guthrie tait .
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john '' jack '' guthrie tait -lrb- 24 august 1861 -- 4 october 1945 -rrb- v.d. was a scottish educator who became principal of the central college of bangalore prior to the first world war .in his early adulthood , tait was a notable sportsman playing rugby union as a forward for cambridge university and represented the scotland international team twice between 1880 and 1885 .as well as being a talented rugby player , tait was , like his brother frederick guthrie tait , a notable amateur golfer .