Essay on the Life and Institutions of Offa, King of Mercia, A.D. 755-794

Henry Mackenzie

Henry Mackenzie FRSE was a Scottish lawyer, novelist and writer sometimes seen as the Addison of the North. While remembered mostly as an author, his main income came from legal roles, which led in 1804–1831 to a lucrative post as Comptroller of Taxes for Scotland, whose possession allowing him to follow his interest in writing. Mackenzie is the author of the novel The Man of Feeling (1771).