Donald MacCrimmon MacKay

Donald MacCrimmon MacKay (9 Aug. 1922 - 6 Feb. 1987) was a physicist who as 'Granada Research Professor' founded the Department of Communication and Neuroscience at the University of Keele. He died within a year of giving the 1986 Gifford Lectures at the University of Glasgow.

MacKay was educated at Wick High School and St Andrews University, and gained a PhD at the University of London. Married to Valerie Wood, they had five children. His oldest son is Robert S. MacKay, a professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick; his youngest son is David J. C. MacKay, a professor of physics at the University of Cambridge.

References

• MacKay, Prof. Donald MacCrimmon, Who's Who 2009 online, Dec 2007

• MacKay, Donald MacCrimmon. "The Clockwork Image: A Christian Perspective on Science" InterVarsity Press. 1974.

External links

• Gifford Lectures bio
• "An I Behind the Eye: Donald MacKay's Gifford Lectures". PSCF. 44 (March 1992): 49-54.
• "Donald MacCrimmon MacKay (1922-1987): A View From the Other Side of the Atlantic". PSCF. 44 (March 1992): 55-61.
• "Science, Scientism and Christianity: The Ideas of D.M. MacKay". J. A. CRAMER. PSCF. 37 (September 1985): 142-148.
• "MacKay vs. Cramer: A Rebuttal". D. M. MacKay. PSCF. 38 (March 1986): 62-63.
• "Donald MacKay and Semi-materialism". Oliver R. Barclay. PSCF 43 (June 1991): 141-142.
• MacKay's JASA papers