John MacKenzie (mountain guide)

For other people with the same name, see John Mackenzie.

John MacKenzie
Portrait of John Mackenzie by Edward Robert Hughes
Personal information
NationalityScottish
Born1857 (1857)
Skye
Died1933(1933-00-00) (aged 76–77)
Skye
Occupation(s)mountain guide; ghillie; crofter
Climbing career
Major ascentsAm Basteir; Sgùrr Dubh; Sgùrr Thearlaich; Sgùrr MhicChoinnich

John Morton MacKenzie (1856–1933) was a Gaelic speaking crofter from Sconser on the Island of Skye and Britain’s first professional mountain guide.

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