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Mackenzie, Henry

1745-1831

Henry Mackenzie was born and educated in Edinburgh. His novel The Man of Feeling, 1771 charts the emotional responses of the protagonist, Hartley. Robert Burns described it as 'a book I prize next to the Bible.' As editor of the Mirror and Lounger journals Henry was established as an influential figure among Edinburgh's literati. He was one of the founders of the Royal Society in 1783 and was appointed Comptroller of the Taxes in Scotland in 1804.
Mackenzie's wife, whom he married in 1776, was Penuel, daughter of Sir Ludovick Grant of Grant, and with her he had eleven children. He is buried in Greyfriars Churchyard.

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