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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18 April 1839 Kilchattan, Colonsay, Argyll, Scotland
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Died |
25 December 1914 (aged 75) Balnahard, Colonsay, Argyll, Scotland
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