John William Mackail, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John William Mackail

Scottish academic and reformer

Date of Birth: 26-Aug-1859

Place of Birth: Ascog, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 13-Dec-1945

Profession: poet, biographer, literary historian

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

John William Mackail (26 August 1859 – 13 December 1945) was a Scottish academic of Oxford University and reformer of the British education system. He is most often remembered as a scholar of Virgil or as the official biographer of the socialist artist William Morris, of whom he was a friend. Mackail was Oxford Professor of Poetry from 1906 to 1911, and President of the British Academy from 1932 to 1936.



Description	British photographer
Date of birth/death	17 June 1838	21 November 1933
Location of birth/death	Pentonville	Blewbury, Berkshire
Work period	circa 1860-1913
Work location	London, England
Authority control	: Q3496914 VIAF: 4650006 ISNI: 0000 0000 6703 322X ULAN: 500065670 LCCN: no2004101545 Oxford Dict.: 58918 WorldCat