Mackail, J. W. 1859-1945
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Name (Latin)
Mackail, J. W. 1859-1945
Other forms of name
Mackail, John William, 1859-1945
Date of birth
1859-08-26
Date of death
1945-12-13
Associated country
Great Britain
Occupation
Biographers
Editors
Intellectuals
Literary historians
Poets
Socialists
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Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Wikipedia description:
John William Mackail (26 August 1859 – 13 December 1945) was a Scottish academic of Oxford University 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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