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    Born17 January 1883 · West Hartlepool, County Durham, England
    Died30 November 1972 (aged 89) · Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
    EducationSt Paul's School, London
    Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford
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    Background

    Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie was born in West Hartlepool, County Durham, England, into a theatrical family of Mackenzies, many of whose members used Compton as their stage surname, starting wit… See more

    Writing

    Mackenzie is perhaps best known for two comic novels set in Scotland: Whisky Galore (1947) set in the Hebrides, and The Monarch of the Glen (1941) set in the Scottish Highlands. They were the sources of a succes… See more

    Greek Memories

    Mackenzie worked as an actor, political activist and broadcaster. He served with British Intelligence in the Eastern Mediterranean during the First World War, later publishing four books on his experience… See more

    Capri

    Between 1913 and 1920 he lived with his wife, Faith, on Capri at Villa Solitaria, and returned to visit in later years. This Italian island near Sorrento was known to be tolerant not just of foreigners in general, but of artists an… See more

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