Background
Mackay, Robert was born on April 22, 1871 in Virginia City, Nevada, United States. Son of Duncan C. and Rosa (Augustine) Mackay.
Mackay, Robert was born on April 22, 1871 in Virginia City, Nevada, United States. Son of Duncan C. and Rosa (Augustine) Mackay.
G.g.s. Noah Webster, American lexicographer. Educated public schools, Cordelia, California, and San Francisco.
Reporter San Francisco Chronicle, 1886. Worked steadily on newspapers as printer, reporter and editor until 1895, when traveled extensivley over the world for International News Syndicate. Joined staff of New York World, 1899.
Managing editor Success Magazine, 1900-1908, The Delineator, 1908.
Editorial staff the Frank A. Munsey Company, 1909-1915, The People's Home Journal, 1917-1919. Managing editor Success Magazine since 1919.
Contributor short stories and other prose and verse to magazines Home: 201 West. 108th Saint Office: 1133 Broadway, New York New York‡.
Married Lenora Lash, of New York, March 7, 1901.