Author: McKinnon, John D.
Biography:
MCKINNON, John Daniel (1767-1830: Hollis)
His name is spelled variously in library catalogues: M'Kinnon, McKinnon, MacKinnon, M'Kinnen, McKinnen. On the title-page of his volume of poems he is identified as John D. M'Kinnon, but two later works use "Daniel M'Kinnen." He was born in Antigua, the second son of William MacKinnon. The family moved to England, where John Daniel attended Winchester School and then studied law both in America and in England. In 1789 he was examined for the bar in New York; by 1794 he was enrolled at Gray's Inn in London. Then he was sent back to New York to see to the affairs of a client, was formally called to the bar, and in 1797 (as Daniel McKinnen) became counsel to the Supreme Court and a solicitor in the Court of Chancery. He returned to England in 1799 or 1800 and produced two more books, A Tour through the British West Indies (1804) and The Philosophy of Evidence(1812). No evidence has been found of marriage. McKinnon died in Binfield, Berks. (Julius Goebel, Jr., ed, The Law Practice of Alexander Hamilton [1980] 4: 154n) HJ
Other Names:
- John D. McKinnon