Mackaile, Matthew

Biography

Apothecary and physician in Edinburgh, where he achieved the status of burgess and guildbrother on 11 November 1658. During the previous year he had spent some time at the instigation of James Sharp, the future archbishop of St Andrews, in London, where he wrote a number of papers on matters of religion and the church. Mackail then moved to Aberdeen, where he practised medicine, and obtained the degree of MD from King's College on 14 July 1696. Mackail was a prolific author on medical and scientific matters. The poll tax records for 1696 reveal him as living in Aberdeen with his wife and son. A portrait of Mackail is in the possession of Marischal College. The date of Mackail's death is unknown.--D.N.B.

Biography Date

fl. 1657-1696

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