MacCRACKEN, Henry Noble, American educator: b. Toledo, Ohio, 19 Nov. 1880. He was the son of Henry Mitchell MacCracken (q.v.) and was educated at New York and Harvard universities. He was instructor in English at the Syrian Protestant College in 1900-03; Harvard Fellow in 1907-08; instructor and afterward assistant professor of English at the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale in 1908-13. He was president of Smith College in 1913-15, and since 1915 has been president of Vassar College. Since 1917 he has been national director of the junior membership in the American Red Cross. He has written for the magazines on philology; has edited 'The Serpent of Division> (1910) ; 'The Col lege Chaucer' (1913) ; 'Shakespeare's Principal Plays> (1914), etc. He is author of 'First Year English> (1902) ; and part author of 'English Composition in Theory and Practice> (1909).
MacCRACKEN, John Henry, American educator: b. Rochester, Vt., 30 Sept. 1875. He is the son of Henry Mitchell MacCracken (q.v.), and was educated at the New York Uni versity, the Union Theological Seminary and the University of Halle. He was associated with New York University as Fellow, instructor and assistant professor of philosophy in 1894 99; was president of Westminster College, Mis souri, in 1899-1903; syndic and professor of politics at New York University in 1903-15; and since 1915 has been president of Lafayette College, Easton, Pa.
McCRADY, ma-kri'di, Edward, American soldier and historian: b. Charleston, S. C., 8 April 1833; d. there, 2 Nov. 1903. He was graduated at Charleston College, admitted to the bar in 1855, and joined earnestly in the movement which led to the secession of his State. He took part in the capture of Castle Pinckney, 27 Dec. 1860, and was present at the bombardment of Fort Sumter in the. following April. As captain of the first military com pany raised in South Carolina for the whole war, he entered the Confederate army, 27 June 1861, was made major and then lieutenant colonel, was badly wounded at the second bat tle of Bull Run (or Manassas), 30 Aug. 1862, and in January 1863 received an injury in camp from a falling tree, in consequence of which he was transferred from field service to the command of a camp of instruction at Madison, Fla., in 1864. He remained at that post until the end of the war. Later he became major State troops and a member of the South Carolina legislature (1880-90), where he proposed the South Carolina Election and Registration Law. Among his more important
writings may be mentioned 'The History of South Carolina Under the Proprietary Govern ment, 1670-1719> (1897) ; 'The History of South Carolina Under the Royal Government, 1719-1776' (1899) ; 'The History of South Carolina in the Revolution, 1775-1780' (1901) ; and 'The History of South Carolina in the Revolution, 1780-83' (1902).
McCRAE, John David, Canadian physician, soldier and poet: b. Guelph, Ontario, 30 Nov. 1872; d. of pneumonia in France, 28 Jan. 1918. The second son of Lieut.-CoL Davi McCrae (who organized and took over a battery to France), he was educated at the University of Toronto and took his M.D. degree in 1910. He became Governor's Fellow in Pathology at McGill University; afterwards lecturer in pathology and in medicine. After attaining the M.R.C.P. he was appointed assistant physician to the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, and physician to the Alexandra Hospital. With Professor Adami he was co-author of a text book on pathology and also contributed to the 'System of Medicine> by Osier and McCrae, the latter being his elder brother (see MCCRAE, THOMAS). He served as a lieutenant of artillery in the South African War, taking part in several important engagements. At the outbreak of the European War he volunteered for service and crossed the sea in September 1914 with the Canadian Field Artillery. He served in the field till after the second battle of Ypres, when he was placed in charge of medicine and second in command of the hos pital unit provided by McGill University. Shortly before his death he had been appointed consultant to the British Armies in the Field, but had not yet entered upon that post. McCrac attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel; besides achieving high military, professional and aca demic distinction, he had earned a creditable reputation as a poet. He did not write much, yet his verses have obtained a permanent place in modern anthologies. One of his best-known works is the now famous lyric,