Charles Mackay

Charles Mackay was a poet, journalist and writer (1814–1889). He was born at Perth and died at London.

Charles Mackay in brief

Born
1814
Died
1889
Known for
poet, journalist and writer
Place of birth
Perth
Contents

Catalogued works

56 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1841 to 1979.

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds. Song of Life. Labor Day. Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds. The Collected Songs of Charles Mackay. Little at First, but Great at Last. Longbeard, the Lord of London: A Romance. Luck: and What Came of It. A Tale of Our Ti... The Twin Soul: or, The Strange Experiences ... Longbeard. Dr. Mackay's thirteen Celtic derivations. A thousand and one gems of English poetry. A thousand and one gems of poetry. Forty Years' recollections of life, literature and public affairs, 1930-1870. I know my love loves me. A Collection of songs and ballads relative to the London prentices and trades. Ramsay and the earlier poets of Scotland. Good company. Poems. Baron Grimbosh. Songs in Henry Russell's vocal and pictorial entertainment entitled The far West, or The emigrants' progress from the old world to the new. "I love my love.". An smeòrach fo làimh Chalum Mhic Phàrlain. Death in the pot. The book of English songs. From the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Cheer boys cheer. A song for a stormy night. Some love to roam oe'r the dark sea foam. Memoirs of commercial delusions. Songs of England. Studies from the antique and sketches from nature. The Mormons. A thousand and one gems of song. The legendary and romantic ballads of Scotland. The Mormons, or Latter-day Saints. With memoirs of the life and death of Joseph Smith, the "American Mohomet". Cavalier songs and ballads of England from 1642 to 1684. Extraordinary Popular Delusions (3 Volumes). The lump of gold. History of the Mormons, or, Latter-day Saints. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions. The poetry and humour of the Scottish language. Life and liberty in America, or, Sketches of a tour in the United States and Canada, in 1857-8. The Thames and its tributaries, or, Rambles among the rivers. The Gaelic etymology of the languages of western Europe, and more especially of the English and Lowland Scotch and of their slang, cant, and colloquial dialects. The Salamandrine, dated 1853, illustrations: wood engraving, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 41.102.31. The Home Affections Portrayed by the Poets, dated 1858, illustrations: wood engraving, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 31.67.11. Manxman Piano, dated 1897, oak, ebony, ivory, mother-of-pearl, and copper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1985.99. Work Cabinet, dated c. 1900, mahogany, holly, pewter, bone, ebony, and mother-of-pearl; wrought iron and glass handles, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1998.516. Bedside diagnosis / by Charles Mackay Seward., dated 1949, held by Wellcome Collection. Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions / By Charles Mackay., dated 1841, held by Wellcome Collection. The Negro and negrophilists / Charles Mackay (1814-89)., dated 1979, held by Wellcome Collection. Correspondence: Mackay, R. J., dated 1937, held by Wellcome Collection. The drunkard's children. A sequel to The bottle. In eight plates / With a poem by by Charles Mackay., dated 1848, held by Wellcome Collection. The action of muscles including muscle rest and muscle re-education / by William Colin Mackenzie ; edited by Charles Mackay., dated 1925, held by Wellcome Collection. Autoimmune diseases : pathogenesis, chemistry and therapy / by Ian R. Mackay and F. Macfarlane Burnet., dated [1963], held by Wellcome Collection. The gouty philosopher; or, the opinions, whims, and eccentricities of John Wagstaffe, Esq., of Wilbye Grange / by Charles Mackay., dated 1862, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 28 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Mackay, Charles, LL.D. (1814–1889), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Charles Mackay, Christian-Muslim Relations 1500 - 1900. Mackay, Charles (1812–1889), poet and writer, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004. Price, Maj. Sir Charles William Mackay, (1872–6 July 1954), Who Was Who, 2007. Mackay, Charles Dorsey, (born 14 April 1940), Chairman, Opera Holland Park, since 2015, Who's Who, 2007. The Relationship between Liver Volume, Clinicopathological Characteristics and Survival in Patients Undergoing Resection with Curative Intent for Non-Metastatic Colonic Cancer, Tomography, 2024.

Digitised editions and texts

13 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.

Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions (1841) — Internet Archive. MEMOIRS OF EXTRAORDINARY POPULAR DELUSIONS. (1841) — Internet Archive. Legends of the Isles: And Other Poems (1851) — Internet Archive. Egeria, or The spirit of nature; and other poems (1850) — Internet Archive. Songs & Poems (1834) — Internet Archive. Life and Liberty in America (1859) — Internet Archive. extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds (1932) — Internet Archive. The Founders of the American Republic: A History and Biography (1885) — Internet Archive. memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds (1932) — Internet Archive. Life And Liberty In America Vol I (1859) — Internet Archive. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 — Project Gutenberg. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 — Project Gutenberg. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 — Project Gutenberg.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 21 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 10 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Charles Mackay studied at University of Glasgow. the recorded working language is English.

Works named in the authority record are Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds.

Work by Charles Mackay is recorded in the collections of Australian National Maritime Museum.

Chronology

  1. 1814Charles Mackay born at Perth.
  2. 1834Songs & Poems digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1841Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1841MEMOIRS OF EXTRAORDINARY POPULAR DELUSIONS. digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1850Egeria, or The spirit of nature; and other poems digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1851Legends of the Isles: And Other Poems digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1859Life and Liberty in America digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1889Charles Mackay died at London.

Sources

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    Wikidata, structured authority record Q725382: Charles Mackay

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