John Mackenzie (1806–1848)

He was born on 17 July 1806 in the parish of Gairloch, Ross-shire, and was the son of Alexander Mackenzie who rented some land on the north side of Loch Ewe.

He left the parish school of Gairloch at an early age, and was apprenticed to an itinerant carpenter and joiner.

[2] Mackenzie's major work was Sar-obair nam bard Gaelach, an anthology of Scottish Gaelic poetry that he sold to a Glasgow publisher.

He did editorial work on Cuaitear nan Gleann, the Gaelic magazine.

His other work was mainly for Maclachlan & Stewart, where he translated from English or edited about 30 different Gaelic works, including:[1] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed.