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John Henry Mackay
1864Feb, 6

John Henry Mackay

John Henry Mackay, Scottish-German philosopher and author (d. 1933)
John Henry Mackay (6 February 1864 Greenock, Scotland – 16 May 1933 Stahnsdorf, Germany) was an egoist anarchist, thinker and writer. Born in Scotland and raised in Germany, Mackay was the author of Die Anarchisten (The Anarchists, 1891) and Der Freiheitsucher (The Searcher for Freedom, 1921). Mackay was published in the United States in his friend Benjamin Tucker's magazine, Liberty.

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    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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  • 5May

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  • 7May

    Battle of the Wilderness

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  • 7May

    City of Adelaide (1864)

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  • 7Sep

    William Tecumseh Sherman

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