Kenneth R. Mackenzie

See also: Kenneth Ross MacKenzie

Kenneth R. Mackenzie (1908–1990), British scholar and parliamentary clerk.

He was educated at Dulwich College and New College, Oxford. In 1930, he was appointed Clerk to the House of Commons. He served as Clerk to the Select Committee during the 1945-6 session before being appointed Clerk of Public Bills, a position he held until his retirement. He was the author of The English Parliament [1], The Houses of Parliament : a guide to the Palace of Westminster[2] , and produced translations of In Switzerland by the Polish Romantic poet Słowacki, and Adam Mickiewicz's epic poem Pan Tadeusz,[3] Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy,[4] and Virgil's The Georgics.[5]

References

  1. ^ The English Parliament. Kenneth R. Mackenzie. Pelican, 1950.
  2. ^ The Houses of Parliament : a guide to the Palace of Westminster, HMSO, 1988
  3. ^ Pan Tadeusz or the last foray in Lithuania. A tale of the gentry in the years 1811 and 1812. Adam Mickiewicz. Translated into English verse with an introduction by Kenneth R. Mackenzie. Polish Cultural Foundation. London 1986.
  4. ^ The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri, Translated and Introduced by Kenneth Mackenzie with engravings by John Flaxman, The Folio Society, London 1979.
  5. ^ The Georgics, Publius Vergilius Maro, Translated into English verse by K.R. Mackenzie with etchings by Nigel Lambourne, The Folio Society, London 1969


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