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Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, OBE (17 January 1883 – 30 November 1972) was a Scottish writer of fiction, biography, histories and a memoir, as well as a cultural commentator, raconteur and lifelong Scottish nationalist.
Nov 30, 2022 · A mere 50 years after Compton Mackenzie’s death, there is really no excuse for the way in which we have allowed him to be forgotten. And although most of his books are not easily found, they still merit our time and attention.
Compton MacKenzie Birthday and Date of Death. Compton MacKenzie was born on January 17, 1883 and died on November 30, 1972. Edward was 89 years old at the time of death. Birthday: January 17, 1883 Date of Death: November 30, 1972 Age at Death: 89
Jan 13, 2016 · The final resting place of Compton Mackenzie. Mackenzie died in Edinburgh in 1972, aged 89, and was buried in an ancient graveyard on Barra, close to the house he had built there, and not far from the real life events that inspired Whisky Galore .
Jan 13, 2023 · Sir Compton Mackenzie died at his Edinburgh home in 1972 and was buried on the Isle of Barra, the place that provided him with a home and inspired his most successful novel. Image Extract of...
Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, OBE (17 January 1883 – 30 November 1972) was an English-born author and broadcaster, a writer of Scottish fiction, biography, and histories, as well as a cultural commentator, raconteur, and lifelong Scottish nationalist.
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Compton Mackenzie (born Jan. 17, 1883, West Hartlepool, Durham, Eng.—died Nov. 30, 1972, Edinburgh) was a British novelist who suffered critical acclaim and neglect with equal indifference, leaving a prodigious output of more than 100 novels, plays, and biographies.
