Mackenzie, Hugh, 1861-1940. Manuscripts, speeches and scrapbooks.

Fonds — Box: 1/1

Identifier: mach

Staff Only

Dates

Creation: 1900?-1937?

Access and use

Access is freely available in the J.C.Beaglehole Room for research and private study. For any use beyond this, please contact the J.C.Beaglehole Room (jcbeaglehole.room@vuw.ac.nz) in the first instance.

Biographical / Historical

Academic career with relevance to Victoria University: M.A. (St. Andrews), CMG English language and literature: Professor, 1899; Retired, 1936; Professor emeritus, 1937. Mental Science: Lecturer, 1899-1903.

Hugh Mackenzie was the foundation Professor of English at Victoria University. A Highlander and a graduate of St Andrews University, he had originally intended to become a Presbyterian minister, but changed his mind becoming in Wellington an advocate of secular education and an active, preaching, member of the Unitarian Church.