Surname: Mackenzie Forename(s): John b. 17 July 1806. d. 19 August 1848. Nationality: Scottish. VIAF.
Gaelic poetry collector and translator. Born in Gairloch, Ross-shire. Worked as a
joiner until suffering an accident, when he devoted all his time to collecting Gaelic
poetry. Moved to Glasgow in 1836 to work as a printing clerk at the University of
Glasgow, and then to Edinburgh to work for a bookseller and publisher. Prolific writer,
editor, and translator, including the collection Sar-obair nam Bard Gaelach, or, The Beauties of Gaelic Poetry (1841). (AC)