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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
MacKay, Ebenezer
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Other form(s) of name
- McKay, Ebenezer
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Description area
Dates of existence
?-1920
History
Ebenezer MacKay graduated from Dalhousie University in 1886 with First Rank Honours in Experimental Physics and Chemistry and the McKenzie Gold Medal. He also won prizes in Classics and Mathematics. He went on to receive a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. He was appointed the Alexander McLeod Professor of Chemistry at Dalhousie University in 1896 and stayed there until his sudden death in 1920.