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Alexander Murdoch Mackay
Scottish Presbyterian missionary to Uganda
Alexander Murdoch Mackay (13 October 1849 – 4 February 1890) was a Scottish Presbyterian missionary to Uganda known as Mackay of Uganda.
Alexander Murdoch Mackay | |
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Born | (1849-10-13)13 October 1849 |
Died | 4 February 1890(1890-02-04) (aged 40) Uganda |
Nationality | Scottish |
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
Occupation | Missionary |
Mackay was born on 13 October 1849 in Rhynie, Aberdeenshire,[1] the son of Rev Alexander Mackay LLD (1813-1895) and his first wife, Margaret Lillie (1825-1865).[2]
He studied at the Free Church Training School for Teachers at Edinburgh, then at the University of Edinburgh, and finally in Berlin. He displayed a great aptitude for mechanics, and spent several years as a draughtsman in Germany.
Mackay decided to become a missionary after Henry Morton Stanley was told by Mutesa I of Buganda that Uganda wanted missionaries. He joined the Church Missionary Society in 1876.[3] Mackay reached Zanzibar on 30 March 1876, followed by Uganda in November 1878.[citation needed]
He taught various skills to the Ugandan people, including carpentry and farming. He was named Muzungu wa Kazi by the Ugandans. The name means "white man of work."[3] Mackay's work in Uganda came under threat after Kiwewa came into power. He worked in Uganda until 1890. He became sick with malarial fever and died four days later on 4 February 1890 aged only 40.
- Alexander M. Mackay, Pioneer Missionary of the Church Missionary Society in Uganda; by his Sister. London, 1899.
- A. E. Macdonald (pseud. of Andrew Melrose). Alexander Mackay, Missionary Hero of Uganda. London, 1893.
- Mackay of Uganda. The story of the life of Mackay of Uganda by his sister. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1906. 323 pages.
- Fahs, Sophia Lyon. Uganda's White Man of Work: A Story of Alexander M. Mackay. New York: Young People's Missionary Movement (1907).
- "The Greatest Missionary since Livingstone", an Address by Professor Anthony Low, at St John the Baptist's Parish Church, Canberra, ACT, 15 October 2000.
- Mackay, A. M. A. M. MacKay: Pioneer Missionary of the Church Missionary Society in Uganda. New York: A. C. Armstrong and Son, 1890.
- Ewing, William Annals of the Free Church
- "Uganda's White Man of Work: A Story of Alexander M. Mackay". World Digital Library. 1907. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Jackson, Samuel Macauley, ed. (1914). New Schaff–Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge (third ed.). London and New York: Funk and Wagnalls.
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(help) - Millar, Alexander Hastie (1893). "Mackay, Alexander Murdoch" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 35. London: Smith, Elder & Co.