Q14467526
Donald MacKinnon.
Scottish scholar of Celtic and Gaelic (1839-1914), first Professor of Celtic at the Edinburgh University (1882–1914)
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About Donald MacKinnon
Donald MacKinnon (1839–1914), born on Colonsay, an island in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, was a Celtic scholar, the first elected Professor of Celtic languages, literature, history and antiquities at Edinburgh University, a chair he occupied from 1882 to the year of his death in 1914. He is known particularly for his edition and translation of the so-called Glenmasan manuscript, and also catalogued the manuscripts in the Advocates Library collection.
Everything about Donald MacKinnon →- Occupation
- Q14467526, Q333634, Q36180
- Position held
- Q130901373
- Citizenship
- Q174193
- Born
- April 18, 1839
- Died
- December 25, 1914