Poet and teacher. Born in Forgue, Aberdeenshire. Educated at the University of Aberdeen.
Headteacher of Crossroad School, Durris, Kincardineshire (1889-1921). *Chambers’s
Journal* ledger entry for MacDonald’s “After Ten Years,” published on 23 December
1899, lists the address as Durris School, by Aberdeen (NLS Dep 341/371). Biographical
information: Colonel William Johnston, C. B., *Roll of the graduates of the University
of Aberdeen, 1860-1900*, Aberdeen University Press, no. 18, 1906, p. 303; *Aberdeen
City and Aberdeenshire Archives*, <https://archives.aberdeencity.gov.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=ED%2FGR6S%2FK15&AddBasket=ED%2FGR6S%2FK15>
(27 January 2022). (AC, CC)