Education
Balliol College.
Balliol College.
During his time as an undergraduate, he was influenced especially by Gordon Williams and Eduard Fraenkel. In 1966 MacLeod was elected to the prestigious Woodhouse Junior Research Fellowship at Street John"s College, Oxford, where he met Donald Russell who greatly influenced his methods and aims. In 1969 he became a student (fellow) and tutor of Christ Church, Oxford following John Gould.
MacLeod was married to Barbara Montagna.
He committed suicide on 17 December 1981, 11 years after his mentor Fraenkel had also taken his own life.