History of Wareham, (Plymouth County) Massachusetts United States of America

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Biography of John Milton Mackie

John Milton Mackie, author, was born in Wareham, Mass., Dec. 19, 1813. He was graduated from Brown university, A.B., 1832, A.M., 1835; studied at Andover Theological seminary, 1832-33, in the University of Berlin, 1833-34, and was a tutor in Brown university, 1834-35. He then settled in Great Barrington, Mass., and engaged in cultivating a farm. He contributed articles on German history and literature to reviews and is the author of: Life of Godfrey von Leibnitz (1845); Life of Samuel Gorton in "Sparks's American Biography" (1848); Cosas de Espa?a, or Going to Madrid via Barcelona (1848); Lift of Schanyl, the Circassian Chief (1856); Life of Tai-Ping-Wang, Chief of the Chinese Insurrertion (1857); From Cape Cod to Dixie and the Tropics (1864). He died in Greet Barrington, Mass., July 27, 1894.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor