Margaret Mackay

Background

Mackay, Margaret was born on November 19, 1907 in Oxford, Nebraska, United States. Daughter of Thomas Ferdinand and Meta (Meyer) Mackprang.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University of California, 1928. Student of the late Victorian period (1880-1900) in China and Hawaii, including Boxer Rebellion of China in 1900.

Career

Johannesburg, Southern Africa, 1950-1951, in England, since 1951. Author: Like Water Flowing, 1938. Lady with Jade, 1939.

Valiant Dust, 1941.

Foreign All Men Born, 1943. Homeward the Heart, 1944. Great Lady, 1946; Sharon, 1948.

Give Him My Love, 1949.

The Flowered Donkey, 1950. The Poetic Parrot, 1951.

Summer at the Spa, 1952. I Live in a Suitcase, 1953.

The Four Fates, 1955.

The Wine Princes, 1958. The Little General, 1963. Lost Island, 1963; Dolphin Boy, 1963.

Angry Island, 1964.

Contributor to national publications in American and England.

Achievements

• Margaret Mackay has been listed as a notable author by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Alpha Chi Omega, Theta Sigma Phi.

Connections

Married Alexander H. Mackay, October 25, 1932 (killed in action with British Army, May 2, 1942).

Father:

Thomas Ferdinand Mackprang

Mother:

Meta (Meyer) Mackprang

Spouse:

Alexander H. Mackay