Thomas Mackenzie Donn was born in Govan on 1 Oct 1907. His father, John Donn, was a postman. Prior to attending university, Thomas was a student at Bellahouston Academy. Thomas attended the University of Glasgow from 1926-1929, taking classes in Moral Philosophy (Ordinary), French (Ordinary) and English (Ordinary) in his first year; Mathematics (Ordinary), History (Ordinary), English (Higher Ordinary) and Italian in his second, and Political Economics, Greek and Herbrew in his third year. He graduated with an MA in June 1929 and subsequently studied theology at Trinity College, Glasgow, from 1929-1932.
He returned to the University of Glasgow from 1930-1932, taking classes in Political Philosophy and Social Economics, Political Economics (Honours) and Economic history in his fourth year, and Divinity and Ecclesiastical History in his fifth and final year. He was ordained in March 1932 and subsequently served as a minister in Stornoway (1932-1934), Rosehall, Sutherland (1934-45), and Carrbridge and Duthil, Strathspey (1945-1969). In May 2010, he became the longest ordained Church of Scotland minister, having been ordained more than 78 years ago. He died in Inverness on 14 September 2011, aged 104.
From the guide to the Papers of Thomas Mackenzie Donn, 1907-2011, arts graduate, University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1926-1932, (Glasgow University Archive Services)
