John Duncan Mackie
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J.D. Mackie
)John Duncan Mackie
early modern Scotland
.
Biography
Born in Edinburgh, Mackie was educated at Middlesbrough High School and Jesus College, Oxford, where he took a first-class degree in history and won the Lothian Essay Prize. He was appointed as a lecturer in history at the University of St Andrews in 1909, aged 22. While at the university he introduced the subject of Scottish history into the curriculum.[1]
During the
Bedford College, University of London
, in 1926.
He was
Professor of Scottish History and Literature at the University of Glasgow from 1930 to 1957. It was during these years that he wrote The Earlier Tudors 1485-1558 (Oxford University Press). An influential volume, The Earlier Tudors was a new analysis of Tudor administration – the business of government. In 1957 he retired, and was appointed Historiographer Royal
for Scotland.
Mackie returned to the University of Glasgow lecture hall in 1961 in the capacity of emeritus professor.
He died in
Grayswood church. His medals are in the regimental museum of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders at Stirling Castle. The Letters Patent appointing him Historiographer Royal were sent to the Hunterian Museum
at the University of Glasgow
Bibliography
- Pope Adrian IV, Oxford, 1907 (Blackwells)
- Negotiations Between James VI and I and Ferdinand I of Tuscany, 1927
- Cavalier and Puritan, 1930
- Andrew Lang and the House of Stuart, 1935
- The Complete Scotland: A Comprehensive Survey, Based on the Principal Motor, Walking, Railway and Steamer Routes, 1949
- The Earlier Tudors, 1485–1558, 1952
- The University of Glasgow, 1451–1951: A Short History, 1954
- A History of the Scottish Reformation, 1960
- A History of Scotland, 1964
References
- ISBN 0-14-020671-X
External links
- "John Duncan Mackie (The University of Glasgow Story)". Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- Works by or about J. D. Mackie at Internet Archive
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