John William Mackail FBA OM  ‎(I19948)‎
Given Names: John William
Surname: Mackail
Suffix: FBA, OM

Gender: MaleMale
      

Birth: 26 August 1859 Ascog, Kingarth, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Death: 13 December 1945 ‎(Age 86)‎ 6 Pembroke Gardens, Kensington, London
Personal Facts and Details
Birth 26 August 1859 Ascog, Kingarth, Isle of Bute, Scotland

Education Ayr Academy, Edinburgh University, Balliol College, Oxford
Occupation between 1884 and 1919 ‎(Age 24)‎ Worked for the education department of the privy council ‎(later the Board of Education)‎

Marriage Margaret Burne-Jones - 4 September 1888 ‎(Age 29)‎

Note: they had two daughters and one son
Occupation 1895 ‎(Age 35)‎ Published Latin Literature

Occupation 1895 ‎(Age 35)‎ Published the Life of William Morris

Occupation between 1906 and 1911 ‎(Age 46)‎ Professor of Poetry at Oxford University

Occupation 1909 ‎(Age 49)‎ Published The Springs of Helicon

Occupation 1910 ‎(Age 50)‎ Published Lectures on Greek Poetry

Occupation 1914 ‎(Age 54)‎ Elected FBA

Occupation between 1922 and 1923 ‎(Age 62)‎ President of the Classical Association

Occupation between 1929 and 1930 ‎(Age 69)‎ President of the English Association

Occupation 1930 ‎(Age 70)‎ Published an edition of The Aeneid

Occupation 1935 ‎(Age 75)‎ Appointed to the Order of Merit

Occupation between 1932 and 1936 ‎(Age 72)‎ President of the British Academy

Occupation 'Classical scholar, literary critic, and poet'; see ODNB
Death 13 December 1945 ‎(Age 86)‎ 6 Pembroke Gardens, Kensington, London

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Immediate Family  (F10240)
Margaret Burne-Jones
1866 - 1953
Angela Margaret Mackail
1890 - 1961
Denis George Mackail
1892 - 1971


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Marriage they had two daughters and one son
Marriage they had two daughters and one son

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Family with Margaret Burne-Jones
John William Mackail FBA OM ‎(I19948)‎
Birth 26 August 1859 Ascog, Kingarth, Isle of Bute, Scotland
Death 13 December 1945 ‎(Age 86)‎ 6 Pembroke Gardens, Kensington, London
6 years
Wife
 
Margaret Burne-Jones ‎(I19946)‎
Birth 1866 32 25
Death 1953 ‎(Age 87)‎

Marriage: 4 September 1888
17 months
#1
Daughter
Angela Margaret Mackail ‎(I19950)‎
Birth 30 January 1890 30 24 27 Young Street, Kensington, London
Death 29 January 1961 ‎(Age 70)‎ Birtley House, Bramley, nr. Guildford, Surrey
2 years
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Son
Denis George Mackail ‎(I19949)‎
Birth 3 June 1892 32 26 Kensington, London
Death 4 August 1971 ‎(Age 79)‎ London