About Eneas Mackenzie
Lived 1778 – 1832 (aged 53–54). Eneas Mackenzie was a historian.
Eneas Mackenzie (1778–1832) was an English topographer.
Life He was born in Aberdeenshire; his parents moved to Newcastle upon Tyne, when he was three years old. After working with his father as a shoemaker, he became a Baptist minister, and then made an unsuccessful attempt to establish himself in business as a broker at Sunderland. Returning to Newcastle he opened a school, which he gave up and worked as a printer and publisher.
Mackenzie was mainly instrumental in founding the Mechanics' Institution in Newcastle, where his bust was preserved. He was a liberal in politics, and one of the secretaries of the Northern Political Union. He died at Newcastle on 21 February 1832.
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Who was Eneas Mackenzie?
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Eneas Mackenzie was born in 1778 in Aberdeen.
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Eneas Mackenzie died in 1832 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Eneas Mackenzie was a historian.
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