Donald McKenzie

Donald Francis McKenzie, FBA (5 June 1931 – 22 March 1999) was a New Zealand bibliographer and literary scholar. He was professor of bibliography and textual criticism at the University of Oxford from 1989 to 1996.

Early life and education Born in Timaru, New Zealand, the son of a bootmaker, McKenzie was educated at various schools, the last being Palmerston North Boys' High School, before joining the New Zealand Post Office in 1948. He was one of the founders of Downstage Theatre in Wellington and published music scores with composer Douglas Lilburn. He was elected a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy in 1980 and a Fellow in 1986. He was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1988, and was awarded the gold medal of the Bibliographical Society in 1990.

Personal life McKenzie married Dora Haig and they had one son. They divorced in 1989 and he married Christine Ferdinand in 1994. In New Zealand an annual D.F. McKenzie Memorial Lecture, co-hosted by Wai-te-ata Press, is given. Victoria University also established a scholarship named the D.F. McKenzie Award for MA or PhD students.

Selected publications

Congreve, William, D. F. McKenzie, and C. Y. Ferdinand. 2011. The Works of William Congreve. Oxford: Oxford University Press. McKenzie, Donald Francis. 2010. Cambridge University Press, 1696-1712 : A Bibliographical Study. Volume 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. McKenzie, Donald Francis, and Maureen Bell. 2008. A Chronology and Calendar of Documents Relating to the London Book Trade, 1641-1700. Reprinted. Oxford: Oxford University Press. McKenzie, D. F., and British Library. n.d. Bibliography and the Sociology of Texts. 1986. London: British Library. Ackers, Charles, and Oxford Bibliographical Society. 1968. A Ledger of Charles Ackers: Printer of the London Magazine. Edited by D. F. McKenzie and J. C. Ross. [Oxford]: Published for the Oxford Bibliographical Society by the Oxford University Press. McKenzie, Donald Francis. 1966. Cambridge University Press, 1696 -1712: A Bibliographical Study. Volume 1. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.