John Sturgeon Mackay (1843 - 1914)

* 22 October 1843, † 26 March 1914

John Sturgeon Mackay was born on 22 October 1843 in Auchencairn near Kirkudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. John S Mackay was a Scottish school teacher who was the first President of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society. He published numerous papers on Geometry. John Sturgeon Mackay died on 26 March 1914 in Edinburgh, Scotland.