John William Mackail
Scottish academic and reformer of the British education system
Died aged 86VirgoUnited Kingdom
Biography
John William Mackail (26 August 1859 – 13 December 1945) was a Scottish academic of the University of Oxford and reformer of the British education system.
He is most often remembered as a scholar of Virgil and 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.
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Career highlights
Employers / organisations
- University of Oxford
Notable works
- The Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil
Family
- Spouse(s)
- Margaret Burne-Jones
- Children
- Angela ThirkellDenis MackailClare Mackail
Awards & honours (2)
- Fellow of the British Academy
- Order of Merit
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