# 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.

*Scottish scholar of Celtic and Gaelic (1839-1914), first Professor of Celtic at the Edinburgh University (1882-1914)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Born:** 1839-04-18
- **Died:** 1914-12-25
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
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