Othwiel Charles Marsh
Marsh, Othwiel Charles, B. Lockport, N. Y., 1831; Educated At Phillips Acad Emy, Andover, Mass., And At Yale College, Where He Graduated In 1860; And Then Took A Two Years' Course Of Study In The Sheffield Scientific School. He Was Then Engaged In The• Same Line Of Study At The ...
Oxford Merton College
Merton College, Oxford. The House Of The Scholars Of 3ierton, Commonly Called 3r.c., The Model Of All The Secular Colleges, Was First Founded In Maldon In Surrey By Walter De Merton, Bishop Of Rochester, Aud Lord High Chancellor, In 1264, For The Main Tenance Of 20 Scholars In The Schools ...
Pal1eologus Manitel Ii
Manitel Ii., Pal1eol'ogus, Byzantine Emperor, 1348-1425, Succeeded His Father, John Vi. He Had Been An Associate In The Empire In 1372. At The Death Of His Father In 1391, Being Held As A Hostage By Sultan Bajazet, He Escaped From Nicma To Con Stantinople, His Own Capital, To Secure The ...
Palace Of The Louvre
Louvre, Palace Of The, The Extensive Buildings In Paris Inclosing A Quadrangular Square At The E. End Of The Court Of The Palace Of The Tuileries, And Now Connected With The Latter. They Are On The N. Bank Of The Seine, In The Center Of The City. The S. Facade ...
Pedro 3ienendez De Aviles
3ienendez De Aviles, Pedro, 1519-74; B. At Aviles; Spain. Educated To The Sea, Be For Many Years Commanded A Privateer Which Was The Terror Of The French Corsairs. By Philip Ii. He Wa.s Given A Commission In The Regular Navy And Made Capt. Gen. Of The India Fleets. In This ...
Pierre Magne
Ma.gne, Pierre, 1806-78, B. France; Was Employed When A Young Man By The Prefect Of Dordogne; And Afterwards Pursued The Study Of Jurisprudence At Toulouse. Returning To Perigueux, His Native Place, He Entered Upon The Practice Of His Profession. His Talents Did Not Escape The Notice Of The Government, Which ...
Political Economy Of Machinery
Machinery, Political Economy Of (ante). The Various Questions That Have From Time To Time Arisen Concerning The Relation Of Machine Labor To Human Labor Have Been Entertained Generally On A Basis Of Pure Speculation, Owing To The Absence Of Statistics Whereupon To Base Positive Reasoning. Of Course, In The Consideration ...
Political Machinery
Machinery, Political Ecoxonv Of. It Has Never Been Questioned That Machinery Has Added Greatly To The Productive Power And The Possessious Of Mankind, And Has Thus Tended To Place The Poor More Nearly On A Par With The Rich, By Enabling Them To Obtain, At A Cheap Rate, Articles Of ...
Prophecy Of Malachi
Malachi, Prophecy Of (ante), Has A Place In The Canon Of Scripture Which Has Never Been Disputed And Is Explicitly Confirmed By At Least Six Quotations In The New Testament. I. As To The Time When It Was Written. That Malachi Was Contemporary With The Latter Part Of Neliemiah's Administration ...
Prophecy Of Micah Micah
Micah, Prophecy Of Micah, Ante), After The Heading Contained In The First Verse, Is Divided Into Three Sections, Each Beginning With " Hear Ye,'' L—chapters Ii, Addressed To All The People, Describe The Coming, Of The Lord In Judgment On The Transgressions Of Israel And Judah, The Doom Of Samaria; ...
Queen Of Scots Mary
Mary Stuart, Queen Of Scots. This Beautiful And Accomplished, But Most Unkappy Princess Was The Daughter Of King James V. Of Scotland By His Second Wife, Mary Of Lorraine. Daughter Of Claude, Duke Of Guise, And Widow Of Louis Of Orleans, Duke Of Longueville. She Was B. At Linlithgow, On ...
Randolph B Marcy
Marcy, Randolph B., B. Mass., About 1811; Graduated At West Point In 1832, And Was Appointed Lieut. 2d Infantry In 1837; Served In The War With Mexico, And Was Promoted To A Captaincy; Upon The Conclusion Of That War, Was Successively Engaged In Explorations In Tbe B,ed River Country, In ...
Raymond Liilly
Liilly, Raymond, " The Enlightened Doctor," One Of The Most Distinguished Men' Of The 13th C., Was B. At Palma, In Majorca, In 1234. In His Youth He Led A Dissolute Life, And Served For Some Time As A Common Soldier; But A Complete Revulsion Of Feeling Taking Place, He ...
Red River Manitoba
Manitoba, Red River, Or Selkirk, Settlement, Was A Colony In British North America (of Which The Chief Part Is Now Known As Mantrona), Lying Along The Red River -of The North. Iu 1811 The Earl Of Selkirk, A Tnember Of The Hudson's Bay Company, -attracted By The Fertility Of The ...
Richard Monckton Milnes
Milnes, Richard Monckton, Baron Houghton, English Poet And Politician, Descended From An Old Yorkshire Family, Was Born In 1809, And Educated At Trinity Col Lege, Cambridge. He Entered Parliament As M.r. For Pontefract In 1837, And Continued To Represent That Borough Until The Close Of The Parliamentary Session Of 1863, ...
Robert Bankes Jenkinson Liverpool
Liverpool, Robert Bankes Jenkinson, Second Earl Of, 1770-1828; Educated At The Charter-house School And Christ-church College, Oxford; Traveled On The Continent, And Was In Paris At The Breaking Out Of The French Revolution And The Destruction Of The Bastile. Returning To England Be Was Elected To Parliament In 1790, But ...
Robert Liston
Liston, Robert, A Celebrated Surgeon, Was B. At Ecclesmaehan, In The County Of Linlithgow, In 1794, And Was The Son Of The Rev. Henry Liston, The Minister Of The Parish. After Studying Anatomy Under Barclay In Edinburgh, And Following The Usual Course Of Medical Study In That City, He Proceeded ...
Robert R Livingston
Livingston, Robert R., Brother Of Edward, An Eminent Lawyer And Politician,was B. In New York In 1746. He Was One Of The Five Tnembers Of The Committee Charged With Drawing Up The Declaration Of Independence. When The Constitution Of The State Of New York Was Settled, He Was Appointed Chief ...
Robert Stewart Londonderry
Londonderry, Robert Stewart, Second Marquis Of, B. At Mount Stewart, Down Co., Ireland, June 18, 1769, Eldest Soia Of Robert, First Marquis, Who Represented The County Of Down Many Years In The Irish Parliament. Educated At The Grammar-school, Armagh, And At St. John's College, Cambridge, He Entered The Irish Parliament ...
Saint Lucian
Lucian, Saint, A Presbyter Of Antioch, Said To Have Been B. At Samosata. Left An Orphan At The Age Of 12, He Removed To Edessa, Where He Was Baptized, And Became A Pupil Of The Eminent Biblical Scholar, Macarius. Entering The Ministry At Antioch, He Founded And Conducted A Theological ...
Saint Matthew
Matthew, Saint, An Apostle And Evangelist, Was A Publican Or Tax-gatherer At The Sea Of Galitee. It Is Assumed By Divines Generally That Lie Is The Same Person That Mark And Luke Refer To Under The Name Of " Levi;" But Several Weighty Names Are Against This View, As, For ...
Salnt Meletius
Meletius, Salnt, Of Antioch, A Famous Greek Ecclesiastic; B. In The Beginning Of The 4th C. At Melitene In Armenia Minor. His First Important Appointment Was To The Bishopric Of Sebaste The Deposition Of Eustathius In A.d. 357, But His Position Was Made So Unpleasant By The Stubborn Conduct Of ...
Samuel Joseph May
May, Samuel Joseph, 1797-1871; B. Boston; Graduated At Harvard In 1817; Studied For The Ministry- With Henry Colman At Hingham, And With Henry Ware, .9.ndrews Norton, And Prof. Frisbie, At Cambridge; Was Ordained In The Chauncy Place Church In Boston In Lt322, And Shortly Afterwards Settled As Pastor Of The ...
Samuel Lover
Lover, Samuel, Artist, Novelist, Song-writer, And Composer, Was The Son Of A Stock Broker In Dublin, And Was Born In That City,in 1797. At An Early Age He Showed A Great Desire To Become An Artist, And With Genius And Perseverance, Succeeded So Far That, In 1828, He Was Elected ...
Samuel Marsden
Marsden, Samuel, 1764-1838; B. England; Educated At The Free Grammar-school At Hull. He Beg,an Life As A Tradesman At Leeds. He Joined The Methodists, And Belonged To Them For Some Titne; But, Desiring To Obtain A Collegiate Education. He :altered The English Church; Studied At St. Joseph's College, Cambridge; And ...
Samuel Mills
Mills, Samuel Joi, Jr., 1783-1818; B. Conn.; Graduated At Williams College In 1809. While In College He Formed An Association Among Those Students Who Were Con Sidering The Question Of Entering Upon Foreign Missionary Work. After Spending A Short Time In The Study Of Theology At New Haven, He Entered ...
Samuel Roffey Maitland
Maitland, Samuel Roffey, D.d., 1792-1866; B. London; Studied At Trinity College, Cambridge, Without Graduation, As He Was Not A Member Of The Church Uf Mngland; Studied Law, And Admitted To The Bar At The Inner Temple In 1816; Studied Theology And Was Ordained In 1821; Held Perpetual Curacy Of Christ ...
Simon Fraser Lovat
Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, Was B. About The Year 1676, And Was The Second Son Of Thomas Fraser, Fourth Son Of Hugh, Ninth Lord Lovat. His Mother Was Sybilla, Daughter Of The Chief Of The Macleods. The Frasers, A Family Of Norman Origin, Had Obtained Highland Territories, In The County ...
South Methodist Episcopal Chitrch
Methodist Episcopal Chitrch, South Otiethodists, Ante), Was Organ Ized By A Convention Of Delegates From The Southern Annual Conferences Which Met At Louisville, Ky., May 1, 1845. Its First General Conference Met At Petersburg, Va., May, 1846. The Property Belonging To The Whole Church Was Divided, Through The Action Of ...
Stanislas Xavier Louis Xviii
Louis Xviii., Stanislas Xavier, The Next Younger Brother Of Louis Xvi., B. At Versailles, Nov. 17, 1755, Received The Title Of Count De Provence. In 1771 He Married Maria Josephine Louisa, Daughter Of Victor Amadeus Iii. Of Sardinia. After The Acces Sion Of Louis Xvi. To The Throne He Assumed ...
Starbuck
Starbuck; B. At Ogdensburg, N. Y., 1812; Educated As A Physi Cian, And Took His Degree At The New York College Of Physicians And Surgeons In 1833. Dr. Mayo Is Chiefly Known As A Traveler And Writer Of Fiction. He Spent Some Time In. Spain And In Morocco And Other ...
Strait Of Magellan
Magellan, Strait Of (ante). Since Steamships Have Been Used For Long Voy- Ages The Strait Of Magellan Has Acquired A New Importance. On Account Of Its Fogs, Precipitous Shores, Numerous Hidden Rocks, And Sudden Squalls, It Had Come To Be. Avoided By Sailing Vessels, Which Found The Circuit Of Cape ...
Thomas Barington Macaulay
Macaulay, Thomas Barington, Lord, Son Of Zachary 3iacaulay, A 'west India Merchant And Eminent Philanthropist, And Grandson Of The Rev. John Macaulay, A Presby• Terian Minister In The W. Of Scotland, Was B. At Rothley Temple, Leicestershire, Oct. 2o, 1800. He Entered Trinity College, Cambridge, At The Age Of 18, ...
Thomas Mackean
Mackean, Thomas, Ll.d., 1734-1817; B. Penn.; Called To The Bar In 1757, And A Member Of The State Assembly, 1762-79. In 1765 Lie Was A Member Of The Committee Appointed By- The Congress Of The Colonies Held At New York To Draw Lip An Address To, The House Of Commons. ...
Thomas Maxfield
Maxfield, Thomas, 1720-85; B. England; Converted To The Faith Of John Wesley By Tbe Preaching Of The G:reat Methodist Divine At Bristol; Was His Substitute In The Foundry Church, London, In Prayer And Expounding The Scriptures, But Was Not Per Mitted To Preach. Nevertheless, Led By His Evident Popularity He ...
Thomas May
May, Thomas, An English Historian And Poet, 1595-1650; B. Sussex, Eng., Of An Ancient Family; Educated At Cambridge; Repaired To London, Became A Member Of Gray's Inn, And Was Admitted To The Bar. He Published The Tragedies Of Antigom And Agrippina, A Comedy Entitled The Heir, And Other Works. Some ...
Tiie Bavarian Louis Iv
Louis Iv., Tiie Bavarian, Emperor Of Germany, 1285-1347; B. Germany; Son Of Louis The Severe, Duke Of Bavaria; Pursued His Early Studies Under The Direction Of His Mother, 3latilda, Daughter Of The Emperor Rudolph I. Of Hapsburg. His Father Being Dead, He Became Co-heir With His Brother Rudolph, And Co-regent ...
Tiie Evangelist Matthew
_matthew, Tiie Evangelist, Is Regarded By Most Of The Ancient Christian Writers, And By The Best Modern Commentators, As Identical With The Publican Whom Mark And Luke Name Levi. If Their View Be Con:ect, Matthew—signifyino: In Hebrew " The Gift Of Jellovah”—was Perhaps A Surntune Analogous To Peter As Acided ...
Tile Family Of Manners
Manners, Tile Family Of. This Noble Family Are Of Northumbrian Extraction, Their Ancestor, Sir Robert De Manners, Having Been Lord Of The Manor Of Ethale, Or Etal, In That County In The 13th Century-. His Descendant, Also Sir Robert De Manners, Temp. Edward Iii., Was Governor Of The Important Border ...
Tion Of
Tion Of Electitic Currents, It Only Does So At The Moment The Current Is Interrupted Or Broken. It Is Consequently Necessary To Have Somc Means Of Completing And Break Mg The Galvanic Circuit In Rapid Alternations, So As To Produce The Flashes In Quick Suc Cession. The Break For This ...
Tirdlas Malthus
Malthus, Tirdlas Roneirr, The Founder Of Those Opinions Concerning The Relation Of Population To The Means Of Sustenance Which Have Been Named After Him "malthusian," Was B. In The County Of Surrey, In The Year 1766. He Was Well Connected, And Graduated With Honors In 1788, At Jesus College, Cambridge, ...
Titus Anniiis Paden Ian Us Milo
Milo, Titus Anniiis Paden-ian-us, 95-48, B.c., B. Italy; Belonged To A Distinguished Family, And Married A Daughter Of Syila. Few Details Of His Life Are Known, Till His Election As Tribune Of The People In 57. He Was Then'a Partisan Of Pompey, And Attempted To Bring About The Recall Of ...
University Of Michigan
Michigan, University Of, At Ann Arbor, Waslitenaw Co., Mich., Was Founded In 1837, Though Not Opened Until 1842. Its First Endowinent Was The Gift By Congress In 1826 Of Two Townships Of Laud. It Is Supported By The State, And Open To Students Of Both Sexes, Without Charge For Tuition, ...
Use Of Lights
Lights, Use Of, In Public Worship, A Practice Which Prevailed In The Jewislt (exodus Xxv. 31-89) And In Most Of The Ancient Religions, And Which Is Retained Both In The Roman And In The Oriental Churches. The Use Of Lights In The Night-services, And In Subterranean Churches, Such As Those ...
Viscount Lord Lindsay Of
Lord Lindsay Of Tim Byres, Viscount Garnock.—sir William Lindsay, Younger Brother Of The First Earl Of Crawford, Acquired Extensive Estates With His Wife, A Daugh Ter Of Sir William Mure Of Abercorn. He Ttras Hereditary Bailie And Seneschal Of The Regality Of The Archbishopric Of St. Andrews, An Office Which ...
Walter Henry Mediiiirst
Mediiiirst, Walter Henry, An English Missionary; 11'96-1857; B. London; Edu Cated For The Ministry, And, By Appointment Of The London Missionary Society In 1816, Labored Successfully In India, Malacca, And Other Asiatic Countries, And Afterwards Set Tled In Batavia, Java, Where Lie Remained Eight Years, Performing, Missionary Work Also In ...
Walter Lowrie
Lowrie, Walter, 1784-1868; B. Edinburgh, Scotland; Removed With His Parents In 1791 To Huntingdon Co., Penn., But Soon Went To Butler Co., Which They Made Their Per Manent Residence. He Grew Up On His Father's Farm, And His Early Education Was Limited, Though His Religious Training Was Thorough. At The ...
Weiunon
Weiunon, A Celebrated Hero, The Son Of Tithonus And E06 Or Aurora, Who Led To Troy A Host Of /ethiopians, To Support The Cause Of Troy After The Fall Of Hector. He Was Said To Be Clad In Armor Made By Hephtestus Or Vulcan, And Killed Antiloehus, Son Of Nestor, ...
Willa Mickle
Mickle, Willa Jumus, 1734-88, B. Scotland; Son Of A Presbyterian Clergyman, Who Had Been Assistant To Dr. Watts, And Had Been One Of The Translators Of Bayle's Dic Tionary. After His Father's Death Mickle Entered The Business Of His Uncle, An Edinburgh Brewer, Who Finally Admitted Him As A Partner. ...
William Kennett Loftus
Loftus, William Kennett, 1820-58; B. England. From 1849 To 1852 He Was A -resident Of Turkey, And, Devoting Himself To Archmology, Made Extensive Explorations On The Sites Of The Ancient Cities On The Tigris And Euphrates. He Made Renewed Exam Inations In The Saine Field Under The Auspices Of The ...
William Lilly
Lilly, William, An English Astrologer, B. At Diseworth, In Leicestershire, In 1602. Whilst Yet A Young Man, He Was Employed As Book-keeper By A Merchant In London, Who Could Not Write, And On His Employer's Death Married His Widow, With Whom He Obtained A Fortune Of £1000 Sterling. He Betook ...
William Lyon Mackenzie
Mackenzie, William Lyon, 1795-1861; B. In Scotland; Emigrated To Canada In 1820, And Was Employed First On The Works Of The Lachine Canal. In 1824 He Became ,editor Of The Colonial Advocate, A Journal Published At Niagara In Opposition To The Gov ,erning Party. He Was Elected In 1828 To ...
William Of Malmesbuby
Malmesbuby, William Of, An Early English Historian, Was B. Near The Close Of The Llth C., Probably In Somersetshire, Educated In The Mona.stery Whence He Derived His Name, And Of Which He Became Librarian. He Died Some Time After 1142, But The Exact Date Is Not Known. Malmesbury's Principal Works, ...
Willlui La51b Melbourne
Melbourne, Willlui La51b, Viscount, English Minister, Was Second Son Of Sir Peniston Lamb, Of Brocket Hall, Herts, Who Was Raised To The Peerage. Melbourne Was Born In London In 1779. His University Education He Received First At Trinity College, Cambridge, And Next At Glasgow, Where Lie Studied Jurisprudence And Politics ...
Wolfgang Menzel
Menzel, Wolfgang, An Eminent German Tuithor, Was The Son Of A Medical Prac Titioner, And Was Born At Waldenburg, In Silesia, June 21, 1798. Ile Studied At Jena. And Bonn, Was For Two Years Schoolmaster At Aargau In Switzerland, And In 1824 Returned To Germany. He First Made Himself Known ...
Xadia
Xa'dia, Madia, A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Composites, Sub Order Co-nim Bi:fens, Having Seeds Without Pappus, The Outer Ones Situated Between The Leaves Of The Involucre, The Flowers Yellow, The Exterior Ones Rather Shortly Ligulate, Those Of The Disk Tubular. The Plants Of This Genus Are Annual, ...
Xavier Marmier
Marmier, Xavier, B. In Pontarlier. France, 1809. After Journeys Through Europe He Translated Krummacher's Stories From The Germar.' Ito French, And Their Success Ena Bled Him To Make Further Travels And To Become Directol Of The Revue Germanigue. In 1835, He Was Attitched To The Scientific Voyage Of The Recherche ...
Xinister
Xinister, A Public Functionary Who Has The Chief Direction Of Any Department In A State. See 3insustuv. Also The Delegate Or Representative Of A Sovereign At A Foreign Court To Treat Of Affairs Of State. Every Independent State Has A Right To Send Public Ministers To, And Receive Them From,.any ...
Or Pallas Atitene Atrene
Atrene, Or Pallas Atitene, The Greek Goddess Corresponding, As We Have Said, To The Roman 3iinerva, Was One Of The Few Truly Grand Ethical Divinities Of Greek Myth Ology. Different Accounts Are Given Of Her Origin And Parentage, Probably From The Jumbling Together Of Local Legends; But The Best Known, ...
Or Paraguay Tea Mate
Mate, Or Paraguay Tea, A Substitute For Tea, Extensively Used In South America, And Almost Universally Through Brazil. It Consists Of The Leaves And Green Shoots Of Cer Tain Species Of Holly (q.v.) More Especially _ilex Paraguayensis, Dried And Roughly Ground; The Leafy Portion Being Reduced To A Coarse Powder, ...
Or Quicksilver Mercury
Mercury, Or Quicksilver (symb. Hg, Equiv. 100—new System, 200--sp. Gr. 13.6), One Of The So-called Noble Metals, Remarkable As Being The Only Metal That Is Fluid At Ordinary Temperatures. It Is Of A Silvery White Color, With A Striking Metallic Luster. When Pure, It Runs In Small Spherical Drops Over ...
The Archangel Michael
Micha.el, The Archangel, Meaning In Hebrew, " Who Is Like God," In Scripture A Prince Among The Angels, Whom The Divine Being, That Appeared To • Daniel In Human Form, Described As A Guardian Of The Jewish People Co-operating With Him In Their Behalf, Thwarting The Efforts Of Their Human ...
The Blessed Virgin Nary
Nary, The Blessed Virgin (heb. Miriam, Gr. Maria Or Mariam), Called In The New Testament " The Mother Of Jesus" (matt. Ii. 11, Acts I. 14), As The Mother Of Our Lord According To The Fiesh, Is Held In High Honor By All Christians; And Her Intercession Is Invoked With ...
The Liver
Liver, The, Is The Largest Gland In The Body; It Weighs From 3 To 4 Lbs., And Meas Lures About 12 In. From Side To Side, And 6 Or 7 In. From Its Anterior To Its Posterior Border. It Is Situated In The Right Hypochondriac Rerrion, And Reaches Over To ...
The Lords Day
Lord's Day, The (ant(), The First Day Of The Week, On Which Christ Rose From The Dead; Synonymous In Popular Speech With Sunday Or Sabbath. This Name Is Generally Used In The English And American Statutes Intended To Secure The Civil Observance Of The Day. English Legislation On This ,subject ...