John William Mackail
John William Mackail OM FBA (26 August 1859 – 13 December 1945) was a Scottish academic of Oxford University and reformer of the British education system.
John William Mackail | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 August 1859 |
| Died | 13 December 1945 (aged 86) London, England |
| Spouse | Margaret Burne-Jones |
| Children | 3 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Ayr Academy |
| Alma mater | Edinburgh University Balliol College, Oxford |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Classics Poetry |
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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