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Scottish historian
John Duncan Mackie
CBE
MC
(1887–1978) was a distinguished Scottish historian who wrote a one-volume history of Scotland and several works on
early modern Scotland
.
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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.
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During the
First World War
, he served in the
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
and was awarded a
Military Cross
. He was wounded in both the stomach and in the shoulder. In both cases he received innovative treatment. For the stomach wound (caused by a machine-gun) he was treated at a
military hospital
in
Rouen
. Sterilised water was dripped right through his stomach and he recovered well. The shoulder wound was received in the last days of the war. He nearly had to have his arm amputated but he opted for a new treatment in which the nerve was knotted. However, he never regained full use of his left hand and suffered considerable pain for the remainder of his life. He returned to St Andrews after the war, before being appointed professor of modern history at
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
Haslemere
in 1978 and was buried at
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
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- 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
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