George Mackaness (bibliophile)

George Mackaness
George Mackaness
George Mackaness
Born(1882-05-09)9 May 1882
Blues Point, New South Wales, Australia
Died3 December 1968(1968-12-03) (aged 86)
Five Dock, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationEducator, author, bibliophile
NationalityAustralian
Notable worksSelections from Australian Poets (1913)
Inspirational Teaching (1928)
Admiral Arthur Phillip (1937)
The Art of Book-Collecting in Australia (1956)

George Mackaness OBE (9 May 1882 – 3 December 1968), born in Sydney, was a distinguished Australian educator, historian author, bibliographer and bibliophile.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Death at 86 of Dr George Mackaness", Sydney Morning Herald, 4 December 1968. p. 9.
  2. ^ Colin Roderick, "A Pioneer in Australian Letters: Literary Research of Dr Mackaness", The Age, 19 March 1960, p. 20.
  3. ^ George Mackaness, austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 22 April 2022.