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University of Lancaster. John MacDonald MacKenzie FRHistS FRSE (born 2 October 1943) is a British historian of imperialism who pioneered the study of popular and cultural imperialism, as well as aspects of environmental history. He has also written about Scottish migration and the development of museums around the world.
Aug 26, 2024 · John Mackenzie (born Aug. 30, 1835, Knockando, Moray County, Scot.—died March 23, 1899, Kimberley, Cape Colony [now in South Africa]) was a British missionary who was a constant champion of the rights of Africans in Southern Africa and a proponent of British intervention to curtail the spread of Boer influence, especially over the lands of the Tswana (“Bechuana” in older variant orthography) peoples.
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Sep 18, 2024 · Helping to establish the Mine Museum in Beaconsfield and his first dance with the woman who would become his wife are among the best moments of John McKenzie's 100 years of living. Northern ...
Mackenzie was a Scot, born at Knockando on August 30th, 1835, and went to South Africa as a missionary of the London Missionary Society in July 1858. He was part of the big reinforcement of missions planned to follow up the pioneer work of Robert Moffat and his son-in-law David Livingstone, and Mrs Livingstone was a member of the party. To ...
Sir John McKenzie (born 1838, Ardross, Ross, Scot.—died Aug. 6, 1901, Shag Point, N.Z.) was a New Zealand statesman who, as minister of lands (1891–1900), sponsored legislation that provided land and credit to small farmers and helped to break up large estates. McKenzie’s deep antagonism toward land monopolists was rooted in his boyhood ...
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Mackenzie, John (A) 1835-1899 Congregational South Africa. British missionary and imperial agent. In 1858 he was sent by the London Missionary Society to help found a mission among the Kololo of SEKELETU in western Zambia. Colleagues who proceeded to Zambia ahead of him were, with their families, almost completely wiped out by disease, and the ...
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John Mackenzie was a London Missionary Society (LMS) missionaryin South Africa. Perhaps after JohnPhilip, he is the missionary with the most influence onSouth African history. Brought up in a devout Church of Scotlandfamily in northeastern Scotland, he volunteered for servicewith the LMS in 1855 and in 1858 was sent to South Africa.
