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Aeneas James George Mackay (1839–1911) was a Scottish lawyer and academic, known as a legal and historical writer. ==Life== Born at Edinburgh on 3 November 1839, was grandson of Captain Mackay of Scotstoun, Peeblesshire, a soldier in India, and was son of Thomas George Mackay, writer to the signet, by his wife Mary, daughter of John Kirkcaldy of Baldovie, Forfarshire. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and King's College, London, where he gained distinction in divinity and history. He went on to University College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1862, proceeding M.A. in 1865, and then at Heidelberg University, completing his legal curriculum at Edinburgh University, where he was one of the first to obtain the degree of LL.B. Mackay was admitted advocate at the Scottish bar in 1864, and attained repute in consultation. He devoted time to studies in law and history, and in 1874 he succeeded Cosmo Innes as professor of constitutional law and history in Edinburgh University.〔 In 1881 Mackay was appointed advocate-depute and resigned the professorship. In 1886 he was made sheriff-principal of Fife and Kinross, retaining the office till 1901, when failing health compelled him to resign.〔 Mackay was made LL.D. of Edinburgh in 1882, and was a fellow of King's College, London. He died at Edinburgh on 10 June 1911. He was one of the founders of the Scottish History Society in 1885, and was an active member of the Scottish Text Society.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aeneas James George Mackay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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