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John William Mackail

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Born: August 25 1859

Died: 1212 12 19451945

John William Mackail, OM was a Scottish man of letters, academic of Oxford University, and scholar of Virgil. He was 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.

John William Mackail

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Born: August 25 1859

Died: 1212 12 19451945

John William Mackail, OM was a Scottish man of letters, academic of Oxford University, and scholar of Virgil. He was 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.

Books from John William Mackail

The Aeneid of Virgil

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Catullus. Tibullus. Pervigilium Veneris

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Against War

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Latin Literature

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The Life of William Morris

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Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology

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Erasmus Against War: With an Introduction

Virgil and His Meaning to the World of To-Day

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The Life of William Morris, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

Love in Idleness: A Volume of Poems

Yale Classics - Roman Classical Literature

Yale Classics (Vol. 2): The Rise and Fall of Rome: The Greatest Works of the Roman Classical Literature

The Greatest Works of Roman Classical Literature

Virgil's Works: The Aeneid, Eclogues and Georgics [First Modern Library Edition] (Modern Library, 75)

Biblia innocentium; part second, being the story of God's chosen people after the coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ upon earth, written anew for children

Collected Literary Essays, Classical and Modern

Biblia Innocentium: Being The Story Of God's Chosen People Before The Coming Of Our Lord Jesus Christ Upon Earth, Written Anew For Children (1893)

The Odyssey; Volume 1v 1-8

Love's Looking Glass: A Volume of Poems

The Greatest Works of Roman Classical Literature