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Robert Mackay

Anglican Dean of Aberdeen and Orkney

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About Robert Mackay

Robert Mackay was a canon, chaplain and curate.

Robert Mackay was Dean of Aberdeen and Orkney from 1922 to 1934.

He was educated at the University of Aberdeen and ordained in 1883. After a curacy at Edinburgh Cathedral he was Rector of Longside from 1845. During World War I he was a Chaplain to the Forces. He was the Synod Clerk for the Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney from 1910 to 1922; and a Canon of Aberdeen Cathedral from 1914 to 1922.

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Important facts

Occupation
Canon, chaplain, curate
Education
University of Aberdeen

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Anglican Dean of Aberdeen and Orkney

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Robert Mackay was a canon, chaplain and curate.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Robert Mackay

· Wikidata: Q16240367

· DBpedia: Robert Mackay (priest)

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