Macaire
Macaire, Robert, Name Of The Villain In The French Melodrama, 'auberge Des Adrets' (1823), In Which Frederic Lemaitre Made His Reputation. The Character Was Modified By Lemaitre In His Comedy 'robert Macaire,' A Sequel, In Collaboration With Benjamin Antier. It Was Performed At The Theatre Des Folies Dramatiques, Paris, In ...
Macalester College
Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minn., A Coeducational Institution, Founded In 1885 Under The Auspices Of The Presbyterian Church. A Four-years' College Course Leads To The Degrees Of Bachelor Of Arts And Bachelor Of Science, And A Conservatory Of Music Grants The Degree Of Bachelor Of Music. The Average An Nual ...
Macallum
Macallum, Archibald Byron, Cana Dian Educator: B. Belmont, Ontario, In 1859. After Receiving His Education In The Toronto And Johns Hopkins Universities He Became Lec Turer On Physiology (1887) And Professor In The Medical Faculty Of Toronto University (1891-92). From 1892 To 1901 He Was Associate Professor In The Arts ...
Macao
Macao, Ma-kow' Or Ma-ka'6, China, A Portuguese Settlement And Seaport On The West Shore Of The Mouth Of The Canton River, 40 Miles West Of Hongkong. It Occupies A High Peninsula, Formerly The Island Of Macao, But Now United By A Narrow Isthmus North Of The Town With The Island ...
Macaroni
Macaroni (ital. Maccheroni) A Pecu Liar Paste Or Dough Prepared From Wheat Flour And Manufactured Into Tubes Or Ribbons. It Is An Italian Invention, And, Though Made By A Simple Process, Has Never Been Produced With So Great Success In Any Other Country. The Grain Grown In The More Southern ...
Macaronic Verse
Macaronic Verse, A Kind Of Fa Cetious Poetry In Which Foreign Words Are Dis Torted And Jumbled Together; So Called By Teo Filo Folengo, A Mantuan Monk Of Noble Family, Who Published A Book Entitled (liber Maca Ronicorum,> A Poetical Rhapsody, Made Up Of Words Of Different Languages. His Principal ...
Macassar
Macassar, Celebes, The Capital Of A Dis-* Trict Of The Same Name In The Island Of Celebes' On The West Coast Of The Southern Peninsula Near The Southern End Of Macassar Strait Sep Arating Celebes From Borneo. It Is The Chief Town Of The Dutch Government Of Celebes. Ma Cassar ...
Macassar Oil
Macassar Oil, The Trade Name For An Unguent That Made Its Appearance In England Early In The 19th Century, Manufactured By One Rowland. It Its Name From The District Of Macassar, Where It Was First Produced, Be Ing Pressed From The Fruit, Or Seed, Of The Schleicher( Trijuga, The East ...
Macaulay
Macaulay, Trevelyan's Life Of The Authoritative Biography Of Thomas Ilabingtort Macaulay Is The 'life And Lethal:515.w; Sir George Otto Trevelyan.. It Is Always To Remain The Chief Source Of Information On Act" Count Of The Opportunity Open To The Biographer Of Knowing The Subject Thoroughly And Of Hav Ing Free ...
Macaulay
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, Eng Lish Essayist, Historian And Statesman: B. Roth Ley Temple, Leicestershire, 25 Oct. 1800; D. Holly Lodge, Kensington, 28 Dec. 1859. Macaulay Was The Son Of Zachary Macau Lay, A Scotchman Of Remarkable Character, Who Achieved Distinction By His Life-long Advocacy Of The Abolition Of Slavery And ...
Macaulays Essays
Macaulay's Essays. Macaulay Did Not Originate The Essay Of Literary And Historical Criticism. But Macaulay's Essays So Far Sur Pass All Others In Brilliancy, Style And Solidity Of Matter That His Name Ranks With Those Of Bacon And Montaigne, Each A Master In His Own Special Field. Macaulay's First Published ...
Macaw
Macaw, Name Given To 15 Or More Species Of Large, Long-tailed And Strong Flying Parrots Of Gaudy Coloring. They Belong To The Genus Am, And Are Natives Of The West Ern Hemisphere. They Live On The Mainland Of America From Mexico To Paraguay, Being Es Pecially Abundant In Bolivia, Where ...
Macbeth
Macbeth. This Play Was Not Published Until 1623, Though It Was Probably Written Several Years Before Shakespeare's Death. A Reference To It In 1610 By Dr. Simon Forman, The Probable Reference To The Accession Of James The First (1603) That Brought About The Union Of Two Crowns, And The Proportion ...
Macbride
Macbride, Thomas Huston, American Educator And Botanist: B. Rogersville, Tenn., 31 July 184& After Graduation At Monmouth Col Lege In 1869 He Taught Mathematics And Modern Languages At Lenox College From 1870 Till 1878, In Which Year He Became Assistant Professor Of Natural Sciences. In 1884 He Was Made Pro ...
Maccabees
Maccabees, A Famous Family Which Battled For Liberty In The 2d Century Ac., When The Jews Were Persecuted By The Syrians Under Antiochus Iv, Epiphanes. Originally Applied To Judas, The Third Son Of The Aged Priest Mattathias, Who Began The Revolt, The Name Was Widened To Include The Family Of ...
Maccabees
Maccabees, The Woman's Benefit As Sociation Of The, An Adequate Rate Fraternal Or Der For Women With Headquarters At Port Huron, Mich. Miss Bina M. West Is The Founder And Present Supreme Commander And Miss Frances D. Partridge The Supreme Record Keeper. Organized In 1892, As The Ladies Of The ...
Maccabees_2
Maccabees, Book Of The, A Name Given To Several Apocryphal Books Of The Old Testa Ment. Of •the Four Or Five Thus Termed, Two Were Declared Canonical By The Council Of Trent (1546), Are Contained In The Vulgate, And Among The Apocrypha Of The English Bible. The Three Other Books ...
Maccabees_3
Maccabees, The, A Secret Fraternal Beneficiary Association Havinv Its General Offices At Port Huron, Mich. An Association Bearing The Name Of Knights Of The Maccabees Of The World Was First Organized In The City Of Lon Don, Canada, In The Year 1878, By W. D. Mc Laughlan And Several Other ...
Macchiavelli
Macchiavelli, Niccolo. See Ma Chiavelli, Niccolo. Mcchord, Charles Caldwell, American Lawyer: B. Springfield, Ky., 3 Dec. 1859. He Was Educated At Centre College (now Central University), Danville, Ky., And Was Ad Mitted To The Bar In 1882, Engaging In Practice At Louisville, Ky. He Was A Member Of The Law ...
Macclesfield
Macclesfield, England, Market Town And Municipal Borough In Ches Hire, 166 Miles Northwest Of London, On The River Bollin And On The London And Northwest Tern, North Staffordshire And Great Central Railways. In The Domesday Survey It Is Re Corded As Part Of The Estate Of The Earl Of Chester ...
Macdonald
Macdonald, Etienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre, Zhak Zho-ref Al-eks-andr Mak Do-nal, Duc De Tarente, French Soldier: B..sancerre, France, 17 Nov. 1765; D. Courcelles, France, 24 Sept. 1840. He Served In The French Revolution As Colonel, Brigadier-general And General, And In 1798 Was Made Governor Of The Roman States, And Of Naples ...
Macdonald
Macdonald, Sni Hector, British Gen Eral: B. Urquhart, Scotland, 13 April 1853; D. Paris, France, 25 March 1903. In 1870 He En Listed And Served In The Ranks Nine Years. He First Saw Active Service In The Second Afghan War In 1879, Was With Sir F. 'roberts In The March ...
Macdonald_2
Macdonald, Johii Sandseld, Canadian Statesman: B. Saint Raphiters, Canada,' 12 Dec. 1812; D. Cornwall, Ontario, 1 June 1872. He Was Self-educated And Admitted To The Bar In 1840, Practising Successfully In Cornwall. In 1841 He Was Elected To The Canadian Parliament As Member From Cornwall. Macdonald Was Solicitor-general In 1849-51; ...
Macdonell
Macdonell, Mak-don'el, Alexander, Canadian Roman Catholic Prelate: B. Inver Scotland, 7 July 1762; D. Dumfries, Scotland, 14 Jan. 1840. He Was Educated At The Scots College, Spain, Entered The Priest Hood In 1787, And Was For Several Years A Mis Sionary. He Assisted In The Organization Of The Glengarry Fencibles ...
Macdougal
Macdougal, Mak-doo'gal, Daniel Trembly, American Botanist: B. Liberty, Ind., 16 March 1865. He Was Graduated At De Pauw University In 1890 And Studied In Germany. In 1891-92 He Was Engaged In Explorations In Arizona And Idaho For The United States Gov Ernment, And In 1893-99 Was Instructor In Plant Physiology ...
Macduff
Macduff, Malt-diir, Scottish Thane, Or Earl Of Fife, A Half-mythical Personage, Com Memorated In Shakespeare's Play, 'macbeth.' He Is Said To Have Been The Principal Agent In The Overthrow Of The Usurper Macbeth And The Restoration Of Malcolm Canmore To The Throne Of Scotland. For This He Was Granted Many ...
Mace
Mace, Jean, Zhon French Educator And Writer: B. Paris, France, 22 April 1815; D. There, 13 Dec. 1894. He Was Educated At The Collige Stanislas, Served In The French Army, 1842-45, Was Editor Of La Republique In 1848 And As Such Was A Strong Supporter Of The Rev Olution Of ...
Macedonia
Macedonia, Mas-e-do'ni-3, An Ancient Monarchical Territory Now Comprised In Serbia, Greece And (to A Small Extent) In Bulgaria, And Prior To The War In The Balkans (1913) Largely Included In The Turkish Vilayets Or Provinces Of Monastir And Saloniki. It Is Inhabited By A Turbulent Heterogeneous Population Of Turks, Greeks, ...
Macedonians
Macedonians, Followers Of Macedo Nius, Author Of The Macedonian Heresy; Also Called Pneumatomachi, Or F4 Adversaries Of The Spirit.* The Macedonians Came Into Existence Toward The Decline Of The Arian Controversy, When Macedonius Became Patriarch Of Con Stantinople (341), And Taught That The Holy Ghost Was °subordinate To The Father ...
Macerata
Macerata, Ma-chi-rill, Central Italy, (1) An Episcopal City, Capital Of The Province Of The Same Name, Picturesquely Situated On An Eminence 1,207 Feet High, Between The Apen Nines And The Sea, 21 Miles South Of Ancona. It Is Encircled By Walls, Pierced By Six Gates, Has A Cathedral, Provincial Palace ...
Macfarlane
Macfarlane, Alexander, American Mathematician: B. Blairgowrie, Scotland, 21 April 1851; D. 28 Aug. 1913. He Was Gradu Ated At Edinburgh University In 1875, Taking His D.sc. In 1878, And In 1881 Was Appointed Examiner In Mathematics There. He Became Professor Of Physics At The University Of Texas In 1885 And ...
Mach
Mach, Mah, Ernst, Austrian Physicist And Philosopher: B. Turas, Moravia, Austria, 13 Feb. 1838; D. 9 Feb. 1916. After A Partly Pri Vate Secondary Education He Studied At The Uni Versity Of Vienna, Taking His Doctor's Degree In Physics In 1860. After Spending Several Years As Privatdocent He Was Appointed ...
Machiavelli
Machiavelli, Niccolo, Ne-ka-16' Mi Ke-a-vale Or Mak-i-a-velli, Italian Historian And Statesman, Possibly The Greatest Prose Writer Of The Italian Renaissance: B. Florence, 3 May 1469; D. There, 22 June 1527. Of Nic Colo's Early Life And Education We Know Nothing. No Trace Of Him Remains Previous To His 26th Year. ...
Machine Forging
Machine Forging. The Art Of The Blacksmith, Working By Hand At The Forge And Anvil, Has Almost Wholly Disappeared, And The Shaping Of Wrought Iron And Steel Is Now Per Formed By Machines. The Exact Duplication Of Parts Of Machinery Began In The United States About 1854, And It Became ...
Machine Gun
Machine Gun, A Firearm Of Small Cali Bre Fitted With Mechanism By Which It May Be Fired Successively With Great Rapidity. Two Dis Tinct Classes Have Been Developed: (1) That In Which The Firing Is Done By Turning A Crank By Hand; And• (2) An Automatic Form Which Util Izes ...
Machine Gun Tactics
Machine Gun Tactics. Machine Guns Are Preferable To Infantry Whenever Fire Alone Is Sufficient For The Purpose. Infantry Is Indispensable When Both Fire And Movement Are Required. The Machine Gun Delivers A Very Effective Grazing Fire Up To 900 Or 1,000 Yards; Its Fire Is Effective Upon Important Targets At ...
Machinery Manufacturing In Dustry In
Machinery-manufacturing In Dustry In America. Owing To The Re Strictive Measures Of Great Britain This Indus Try Made A Late Start In America; But When A Beginning Was Made, The Very Laws By Which The Mother-country Sought To Make The States De Pendent- On Her Proved More Stimulating To The ...
Machuelo
Machuelo, Ma-chwelo, Spanish Name Current In The West Indies For The Thread Her Ring (q.v.), An Inedible, Shad-like Fish (opistho Nema Oghnum) Of The Atlantic Coasts Of The United States And The Waters Of The West, Indies. Mcilhenney, Charles Morgan, Amer Ican Landscape Painter: B. Philadelphia, 4 April 18.58; D. ...
Mackay
Mackay, George Eric, English Poet, Son Of Charles Mackay (q.v.): B. London, 25 Jan. 1851; D. 2 June 1898. Among His Works Are '
Mackay_2
Mackay, John William, American Capi Talist: B. Dublin, Ireland, 28 Nov. 1831; D. Lon. Don, 20 July 1902. His Parents Brought Him To New York In 1840, And He Learned Shipbuilding. He Went To California As A Miner In 1851, And Afterward To Nevada, Where He Continued Min Ing With ...
Mackaye
Mackaye, Percy, American Dramatis: And Poet: B. New York, 16 March 1875. He Was Graduated From Harvard In 1897 And Studied At The University Of Leipzig In 1899— 1900. He Engaged In European Travel In 1898— 1900, Residing In Rome, Switzerland, Leipzig And London. He Was An Instructor In A ...
Mackenzie
Mackenzie, Alexander, Canadian States Man: B. Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland, 28 Jan. 1822; D. Toronto, Ontario, 17 April 1892. He Emigrated To Canada In 1842. For Five Years He Worked At The Trade Of A Stonemason At Kingston, Hut Then Removed To Sarnia, Where He Became A Contractor. But His Chief ...
Mackenzie_2
Mackenzie, Ranald Slidell, American Soldier: B. Westchester County, N. Y., 27 July 1840; D. Staten Island, N. Y., 19 Jan. 1889. He Was Son Of Alexander S. Mackenzie (q.v.). Graduated From West Point In 1862, He Was Assigned To The Engineer Corps, Was Wounded At Manassas And Brevetted 1st Lieutenant ...
Mackenzie_3
Mackenzie, William Lyon, Canadian Journalist And Political Reformer: B. Dundee, Scotland, 12 March 1795; D. Toronto, Ontario, 28 Aug. 1861. In 1820 He Came To Canada And Conducted A Drug And Book Store At Little York (now Toronto), And Later At Queenstown, Where In 1824-26 He Published The Colonial Advocate. ...
Mackerel
Mackerel, Make-rel. The Common Mackerel (scomber Scombrus) Is The Best-known And Most Important Member Of The Family Scombricke And One Of The Most Valuable Of Food-fishes, Ranking In This Respect Behind The Cod And Herrings Only. The Mackerel Is A Compactly Built Fish Of Smooth And Regular Outline, The Fusiform ...
Mackinder
Mackinder, Halford John, English Author And Educator: B. Gainsborough, 15 Feb. 1861. He Was Educated At Christ Church, Oxford; In 1883 Was President Of The Oxford Union; Burdett-coutts University Scholar 1884; Barrister, Inner Temple 1886; Reader In Geography, Oxford University 1887 1905 ; And From 1903-08 Director Of The London ...
Mackubin
Mackubin, Florence, American Artist: B. Florence, Italy, 19 May 1861. She Was Of American Parentage, And Studied Under Louis Deschamps And Julius Rolshoven In Paris And Herterrich In Munich, Also Studying Miniature Painting Under Mlle. J. Devina In Paris. Since Completing Her Studies She Has Lived Chiefly At Baltimore, Md. ...
Maclagan
Maclagan, William Dalrymple, Lish Archbishop: B. Edinburgh, 18 Jnne 1826; D. 19 Sept. 1910. He Was Educated At Edinburgh And Was Graduated In Mathematical Honors At Cambridge University. He Served In The Indian Army (1847-49) ; Was Ordained Deacon (1856) And Priest (1857). He Was Appointed Bishop Of Lichfield (1878) ...
Macle
Macle, Malcl, In Mineralogy, A Variety Of Andalusite, Occurring In Long, Tapering Crystals In Clay-slate. They Have The Axes And Angles Of A Different Color From The Rest Of The Crystals, Owing To A Regular Arrangement Of Impurities In The Interior. Maclean; Mak-lan', George Edwin, American Educator: B. Rockville, Conn., ...
Maclean
Maclean, William Findlay, Canadian Journalist And Legislator: B. Ancaster, Ontario, 10 Aug. 1854. He Was Educated At The Univer Sity Of Toronto And In 1890 Founded The Toronto World Of Which He Is Still Editor And Proprietor. He Was Elected To The Canadian Parliament For East York In 1892 And ...
Macleod
Macleod, Fiona, Pseudonym Of Wit Ham Sharp (qv.), Scottish Poet And Novelist: B. Paisley, 12 Sept. 1856; D. Sicily, 13 Dec. 1905. A Part Of His Youth Was Spent In The Hebrides And In The Islands Of Iona And Arran. His Stories And Poems Attracted Great Attention By Reason Of ...
Maclise
Maclise, Daniel, English Painter: B. Cork, 1806; D. Cheyne Walk, Chel Sea, 25 April 1870. He Became A Student At The Royal Academy In 1828, And Began To Exhibit In 1829, But It Was Not Until 1833 That He Estab Lished His Reputation With His Picture Of 'snap Apple Night.' ...
Maclure
Maclure, William, American Geologist : B. Ayr, Scotland, 1763; D. San Angel, Near The City Of Mexico, 23 March 1840. In 1796 He Visited The United States, And In 1803 Was In Europe As One Of The Commissioners To Settle The Claims Of American Citizens Against France For Spoliations During ...
Macmillan
Macmillan, A Name For Many Years Prominently Identified With English Publishing Interests. Most Important Was Daniel Mac Millan : B. Upper Corrie, Isle Of Arran, 13 Sept. 1813; June 1857. He Took Service With A Cambridge Bookseller In 1833, And With Seeley, Fleet Street, London, In 1837. He Set Up ...
Macmullen
Macmullen, Wallace, American Metho Dist Episcopal Clergyman: B. Dublin, Ireland, 31 Aug. 1860. He Came To The United States With His Parents In 1862 And Was Graduated From The Drew Theological Seminary In 1888, Enter Ing The Methodist Ministry In That Year. He Was Pastor At Springfield, Mass., In 1888-93; ...
Macnamara
Macnamara, Thomas James, British Statesman, Educator And Author: B. Montreal. Canada, 23 Aug. 1861. He Went To England At An Early Age And Was Educated At Saint Thomas School, Exeter, And At The Bor Ough Road Training College For Teachers. He Was Engaged In Teaching In 1876-92 And Was President ...
Macon
Macon, Ga., City And County-seat Of Bibb County, Popularly Known As The "heart Of Georgia," 86 Miles By Rail From Atlanta, 191 From Savannah And 125 From Augusta. It Lies On The Southeastern Edge Of The Ap Palachian Mountain Wall, On Both Sides Of The Ocmulgee River Which Pours From ...
Macpherson
Macpherson, James, Scottish Author And Translator: B. Inverness-shire, 1736; D. 1796. He Studied At Aberdeen And Edinburgh. Having Published (fragments Of Ancient Poetry,' Translated From The Gaelic Or Erse Language, A Subscription Was Raised To Enable Him To Collect Additional Specimens Of National Poetry. He Produced, As The Fruit Of ...
Macquarie
Macquarie (ma-kwarri) Island, British Island, The Largest Of A Small Group Of Islands Off The South Coast Of New Zealand And Belonging To That Country. It Is About 4 By 20 Miles In Extent, Is Well Covered With Grassy Vegetation And Has Trees And Shrubs In Sheltered Sections. It Was ...
Macready
Macready, Ma-kre'd1, William Charles, English Tragedian : B. London, 3 March 1793; D. Cheltenham, 27 April 1873. He Received His Education At Rugby, And Originally Had The In Tention Of Adopting One Of The Learned Profes Sions. The Change In His Career Was Brought About By His Father, A Theatrical ...
Macu
Macu, Maloo, A Nomadic Indian Tribe Of The Amazon Region. They Range Through Northwestern Brazil, More Particularly Along The Rio Negro. They Are Of The Lowest Type Of Savages Of South America, Provide Neither Shelter Nor Clothing And Plant No Crops. They Live By Hunting And Fishing, Are Hostile And ...
Mad Mullah
Mad Mullah, Term Applied To Moham Med Ali, The Mandi, Or Moslem Messiah: B. Somaliland, 1843; D. Omdurman, 22 June 1885. In His Youth Mohammed Was Initiated Into The Mysteries Of The Occult Sciences And Sorcery. A Study Of The Koran And The Arab Writings Followed In The Marabout School. ...
Madagascar
Madagascar, M5cl-a-g5.s'kar, An Island In The Indian Ocean, Since 1896 A French Colony. It Is Separated By The Mozambique Channel From The Southeast Coast Of Africa, The Nearest Point Being 240 Miles Distant. It Is 975 Miles Long From Cape Saint Mary In The South To Cape Amber In The ...
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary. 'madame Bovary,> The First And Best-known Novel Of Flaubert, A Type And Model For The Fiction Of The Next Gen Eration, Was The First And Is Probably Still The Best Of Minute Reproductions Of The Platitudes Of Modern Life. It Was Published In 1856 When Flaubert Was Already ...
Madeira
Madeira, Ma-dere (port. Ni-da'e-rii), A Group Of Atlantic Islands Belonging To Portugal, Opposite To And About 360 Wiles Dis Tant From Morocco, On .the West Coast Of Africa And About 535 Miles Southwest Of Lisbon. Madeira, The Principal Island, And The Islets Of Porto Santo, Dezerta Grande And Bugio, Com ...
Mademoiselle De Maupin
Mademoiselle De Maupin, Pin. 'mademoiselle De Maupin,) A Novel Writ Ten By Theophile Gautier When He Was Only 24 Years Of Age (1835), Expresses The Most Salient Features Of Romanticism. In The Somewhat Long Preface Is Found The, To The Interpretation Of Highly Imaginative Work. Gautier Cries Out Against The ...
Madison
Madison, Wis., City, Capital Of The State, County-seat Of Dane County, On The Chicago, Milwaukee And Saint Paul, The Illinois Central And The Chicago And Norith Western Railroads, About 80 Miles West Of Milwaukee And 139 Miles Northwest Of Chicago. It Is Between Lakes Monona And Mendota And Near Two ...
Madison
Madison, James, Fourth President Of The United States: B. Port Conway, Va., 1751; D. Montpelier, Va., 28 June 1836. Madison Was The Eldest Son Of James Madison, A Virginia Planter, And Of Nelly Conway, Daughter Of Francis Conway, Of King George County, Va. His Father, A Man Of Independent Means, ...