MacKenzie/[McKenzie], Alexander

Education

Student United College 1885-1886 Eng. Lit.; Gk. 1; Lat. 1; Math. 1 1886-1887 Gk. 2; Lat. 2; Math. 2 1887-1888 N. Phil.; Log.; Gk. 3 1888-1889 M. Phil. & Pol. Econ.; Gk. 3; Lat. 3; Educ. 1889-1890 Chem.; N. Hist.; Bot. 1890-1891 N. Phil.; Chem.

Fergusson bursar, 1885. Lapsed bursary, 1890. B.Sc. 16.4.1891. M.A. 14.4.1892. D.Sc. 1.4.1899.

Lecture assistant in Chemistry 1891-1893. University assistant in Chemistry 1893-1898.

Professor of Chemistry, University College, Dundee 1914-1938 (retired).

Birth/childhood

Born 6.12.1869 eldest son of Peter Mitchell McKenzie, schoolmaster, Dundee and Isabella Buchanan. [Teacher]

Attended Dundee High School.

Career

Lecture assistant in Chemistry 1891-1893. University assistant in Chemistry 1893-1898. [St Andrews University]

Assistant lecturer in Chemistry, Birmingham University 1902-1905. Birkbeck College, London 1905-1914. Professor of Chemistry, University College, Dundee 1914-1938 (retired). [University professor]

Publications

Death

Died at Barnhill, Angus 12.6.1951.

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