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Scottish journalist and folklorist

Donald Alexander Mackenzie (24 July 1873 – 2 March 1936) was a Scottish journalist and folklorist and a prolific writer on religion, mythology and anthropology in the early 20th century.

Life and career

Mackenzie was born in Cromarty, son of A.H. Mackenzie and Isobel Mackay.^[1] He became a journalist in Glasgow and in 1903 moved to Dingwall as owner and editor of The North Star.^[2] His next move, in 1910, was to the People's Journal in Dundee.

From 1916 he represented the Glasgow paper, The Bulletin, in Edinburgh. As well as writing books, articles and poems, he often gave lectures, and also broadcast talks on Celtic mythology.

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He was the friend of many specialist authorities in his areas of interest. His older brother was William Mackay Mackenzie, Secretary of the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland between 1913 and 1935. He died in Edinburgh on 2 Ma