Sutherland Macdonald, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 25-Jun-1860
Place of Birth: Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 18-Jun-1942
Profession: tattoo artist
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Sutherland Macdonald
- Sutherland Macdonald was a prominent English tattoo artist in the late 19th century and early 20th century, and the first tattooist in Britain with an identifiable premises open to the public.
- Operating in a salon in London’s Jermyn Street, he is listed in the 1894 London Post office Directory and considered the first person to offer a professional tattoo service in London, although the practice was already popular in Japan and the Middle East prior to that time.
- Macdonald served in the British Army in the 1870s as a telegraph operator in the Royal Engineers and was in the Anglo-Zulu War.
- He trained George Burchett.
- He died at his home on 3 Guilford Avenue, Surbiton and is buried at Surbiton Cemetery.
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