Donald MacKinnon
Scottish scholar of Celtic and Gaelic (1839-1914), first Professor of Celtic at the Edinburgh University (1882-1914) · Academics · Died at 75
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.
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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.
