Eric John Mackay

Abstract

Eric was born in Dundee, first son to William and Annie Mackay and one of eight children. He was brought up in the city, attending Morgan Academy. At the tail end of the second world war Eric trained to “tattie rogue”—finding potatoes that are diseased—progressing to work as a potato inspector. He then studied medicine at St Andrews, where he found he preferred the practical side, becoming a sharp diagnostician. He was a member of the Christian Union and through its international links he met Leonard Van Valen, …