Francis John MacCunn ( c1887-1915 ) graduated from the University of Oxford, England, BA in 1911 and Blitt in 1912. He then worked as an assistant within the department of History at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, from 1912 and in 1914 published his main work, The Contemporary English View of Napoleon (London: Bell, 1914). Upon moving to Glasgow, he also joined the Glasgow University Officers' Training Corps, achieving the rank of Captain. At the outbreak of the 1914-1918 World War, he joined the 6th Cameron Highlanders and was killed in action at Battle of Loos, France in 1915 .
From the guide to the Papers of Francis John MacCunn, c1887-1915, assistant in department of History, University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1914-1916, (Glasgow University Library, Special Collections Department)
