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Donald MacKinnon

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

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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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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.

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Lived 1839 to 1914 · aged 75
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