Era hijo del comerciante escocés James Scott-Elliot (-1880, de Calcuta)
Algunas publicaciones
New and little-known Madagascar plants, collected and enumerated. 79 pp. 1890
Note on the fertilisation of South African and Madagascar flowering plants. 73 pp. 1891
Sierra Leone: reports on botany and geology. N.º 3 de Colonial reports, miscellaneous. Con Catharine A. Raisin. Ed. H.M. Stationery Office. 78 pp. 1893
The Flora of Dumfriesshire, Including Part of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright. Ed. J. Maxwell. 219 pp. 1896. Reeditó BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2009. 264 pp. ISBN 111554778Xen línea
A naturalist in Mid-Africa. Ed. A.D. Innes & Co. 413 pp. 1896
The border Elliots and the family of Minto. 570 pp. 1897
Fauna, flora & geology of the Clyde area. Publ. por el comité local para el meeting de la British Association, 1901
A first course in practical botany. Ed. Blackie. 344 pp. 1906
Chile. Ed. C. Scribner's sons, 1907
Chile. T. Fisher Unwin, 1907
The romance of plant life: interesting descriptions of the strange and curious in the plant world. Ed. J.B. Lippincott Co. 379 pp. 1907
The romance of savage life. Ed. J.B. Lippincott; [etc., etc.], 1908
Botany of today. Ed. J.B. Lippincott Co. 351 pp. 1909
The life of Philibert Commerson, D. M., naturalist du roi: an old-world story of French travel and science in the days of Linnœus. Samuel Pasfield Oliver, George Francis Scott Elliot. 242 pp. Ed. J. Murray. 1909
Botany of today. Ed. Seeley and Co. 1910
The wonders of the plant world. Ed. J.B. Lippincott Co. 150 pp. 1910
A primitiv ember: hajdan és most... Ed. Franklin. 392 pp. 1911
Chile. Ed. T.F. Unwin, 1913
The Romance Of Savage Life. Ed. Kessinger Publ LLC, 25 de julio de 2007
The Romance Of Savage Life. Ed. Kessinger Publishing LLC, 1 de junio de 2007
Chile. =T.F. Unwin, 1911
The wonders of savage life. Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd., 1914
Chile. Ed. Unwin, 1917
Prehistoric man and his story: a sketch of the history of mankind from the earliest times. 398 pp. 1915. Ed. Lippincott
Stories of savage life. Ed. Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd. 1919
Chile, its history and development, natural features, products, commerce and present conditions. Ed. T. F. Unwin Ltd. 363 pp. 1920
Prehistoric man and his story . Ed. J.B. Lippincott Co. Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd. 1920
The romance of early British life: from the earliest times to the coming of the Danes. Ed. Seeley, Service & Co. 315 pp. 1922
Honores
1887, miembro activo de la "Sociedad Dumfries & Galloway Natural History", y su presidente de 1902 a 1909
La abreviatura «Scott-Elliot» se emplea para indicar a George Francis Scott-Elliot como autoridad en la descripción y clasificación científica de los vegetales.