MACERATA (ma-ch5.-rna), a walled town of central Italy, picturesquely perched on an eminence (1,207 feet), 44 miles S. of Ancona; has a cathedral, a beautiful town hall of the 13th century, and manufactures of glass and pottery; the university (1290) had in 1917 about 340 students. Pop. about 25,000.
MacGAHAN, JANUARIUS ALOY SIUS, an American war correspondent; born near New Lexington, 0., June 12, 1844. He was war correspondent of the New York "Herald" during the Franco Prussian War (1870-1871) ; accompanied the Russian expedition against Khiva in 1873, and the Arctic expedition on the "Fndora" in 1875. He wrote: "Cam paigning on the Oxus, and the Fall of Khiva" (1874) ; "Under the Northern Lights" (1876); "Turkish Atrocities in Bulgaria" (1876), which appeared orig inally during the same year as a famous series of war letters in the London "Daily News." He is regarded by the Bulga rians as the author of their independence. He died in Constantinople, June 9, 1878.
McGIFFERT, ARTHUR CUSHMAN, an American theologian; born in Sau quoit, N. Y., March 4, 1861; was gradu ated at Western Reserve College in 1882 and at the Union Theological Seminary in 1885; studied abroad till 1888; was instructor in Church history at Lane Theological Seminary in 1888-1890; pro fessor of that branch in 1890-1893; then accepted the chair of Church history at the Union Theological Seminary. Charges of heresy having been preferred against him, on which, however, he was never brought to trial, though he had posi tively refused to change his views, he withdrew from the Presbyterian Church in March, 1900. He was the author of
"Dialogue Between a Christian and a Jew" (1888) ; "A History of Christianity in the Apostolic Age" (1897) ; "Martin Luther, the Man and His Work" (1911) ; "The Rise of Modern Religious Ideas" (1915).
McGILL, JAMES, a Canadian philan thropist; born in Glasgow, Scotland, Oct. 6, 1744. He emigrated to Canada before the American Revolution, engaged for some time in the Northwest fur trade, and subsequently settling in Montreal, became a successful merchant there. He was for many years a member of the Lower Canada Assembly, and subse quently a member of the legislative and executive councils. He was noted for philanthropy. He bequeathed to the col lege of Montreal that bears his name property valued even at that time at $120,000. He died in Montreal, Canada, Dec. 19, 1813.
McGILL UNIVERSITY, an educa tional institution in Montreal, Canada, founded with an endowment of land and money by James McGill in 1821. In the university year 1919-20 there were 1,300 students enrolled and 205 members of the faculty. The endowment amounted to $12,033,120; the income to $1,158,348, and the value of buildings and equip ment to about $9,200,000. The library contained 206,000 volumes.