Papers of Professor Charles Mackie
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Charles Mackie (1688-1770) was appointed as Edinburgh University’s first Professor of History in 1719. He was sole occupant of the Chair until 1753, then served as co-Professor until retiring in 1765. His Papers (GB 237 Coll-423) consist of:
- Alphabetical biographical dictionary compiled from Bayle and Morer (Dc.8.50)
- 'Annotationes in ontologiam Gerrardi de Vries' and Annotationes in pneumatologiam G. de Vries', dictates by W. Law, Professor of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh University, taken down by Mackie when a student, 1703-1704 (Dc.7.79)
- Catalogue of Mackie's library entitled 'Libri historici, antiquarii, literatores, poetae, etc.'
- Chronological notes of the birth and death of Mackie's children, transcript ca. 1800 (in Dc.1.47)
- Commonplace books containing chiefly notes and extracts on Roman and general history, 2 vols (also containing a list in vol. 2 of Mackie's students in History and Roman Antiquities) (Dc.5.24)
- Commonplace book on Scottish history (Dc.8.24)
- 'Index funereus 29 annorum', lists of persons deceased, 1727-1756, transcript ca. 1800 (Dc.1.47)
- 'Notae in Horatii Turselini Romani Historiarum epitomas', student notes from Mackie's lectures, 1743 (MS 2648)