McGEE, Thomas D'Arcy, Canadian jour nalist and politician: b. Carlingford, Ireland, 13 April 1825; d. Ottawa, Ontario, 7 April 1868. In 1842 he emigrated to the United States. In 1845 he returned to Ireland, but complicity in the Young Ireland movement and an abortive attempt to raise rebellion among the Glasgow Irish caused him to seek refuge in the United States in 1848. McGee then edited the New York Nation for two years, became converted to constitutional methods for the redress of Irish grievances and went to Canada in 1857 where he was editor of the The New Era. He entered Parliament in 1857; was president of the Council 1864-67 and Minister of Agri culture on the carrying through of confedera tion, which his eloquence and persuasiveness had done much to popularize. His assassina tion was the result of his opposition to the Fenian movement. He published 'History of Ireland) (1862); 'Speeches and Addresses of the British-Arperican Union) (1865), etc.
McGEE, W J, American scientist: b. in Dubuque County, Iowa, 17 April 1853; d. Wash ington, D. C., 4 Sept. 1912. He was self-edu cated, and from 1873 to 1875 surveyed land and practised in the courts. He also improved sev eral agricultural implements, some of which he patented. In 1877-81 he made geologic and topographic surveys of northeastern Iowa, and for the United States Geological Survey he sur veyed and mapped 300,000 square miles in the southeastern part of the country, and performed many other important services in the depart ments of geology, ethnology and anthropology. From 1893 to 1903 he was ethnologist in charge of the Bureau of American Ethnology. He was president of the American Anthropological As sociation, chief of the Department of Anthro pology and Ethnology of the Louisiana Pur chase Exposition and associate editor of the National Geographic Magazine. He wrote 'Geology of Chesapeake Bay' (1838); 'Pleisto cene History of Northeastern Iowa' (1891); 'The Lafayette Formation' (1892); 'Potable Waters of the Eastern United States' (1894); 'The Siouan Indians' (1897); 'Primitive Trephining in Peru' (1898) ; 'The Seri In dians> (1899); 'Primitive Numbers' (1901) 'Soil Erosion' (1911) ; 'Wells and Subsoil Water> (1913), and many scientific memoirs.
McGIFFERT, Arthur Cush man, American theologian and author: b. Sau quoit, N. Y., 4 March 1861. He was graduated at the Western Reserve College in 1882, and at Union Theological Seminary in 1885, and con tinued his studies at the universities of Berlin and Marburg Germany, and in France and Italy.. In 1888-90 he was instructor in Church history at Lane Theological Seminary, Cincin nati, and professor there 1890-93, since when he has been professor of Church history of Union Theological Seminary, New York. In 1897 he published
McGIFFIN, Philo Norton, American naval officer: b. Washington County, Pa., 1863; d. New York, 11 Feb. 1897. He was graduated in 1882 at the United States Naval Academy and was stationed in China, and at the outbreak of the war between China and France was permitted to resign from the United States navy to enter the service of China. He established a naval academy at Wei-hai-wei, of which he had charge. When the China-Japan
War broke out he was placed in command of the Chen Yuen, and was the first American or European to command a modern warship in action. He was in command at the battle of Yalu River, in which action he was so severely injured that he afterward shot himself at a hospital in New York.
McGILL, ma-gil', James, Canadian philan thropist: b. Glasgow, Scotland, 6 Oct. 1744; d. Montreal, 19 Dec. 1813. He was educated in Glasgow and in 1770 removed to Canada, where he engaged in the northwest fur-trade, after ward becoming a merchant in Montreal. Mc Gill was a member of the Parliament of Lower Canada and held the rank of brigadier-gen eral in the War of 1812. He used much of his wealth in philanthropic work and at his death founded McGill College (q.v.) in Montreal.
McGILL COLLEGE AND UNIVER SITY, in Montreal, Canada, was founded in 1811 by James McGill (q.v.). By will he left an estate known as the "Burnside Estate.° which contained 47 acres of land and a fine manor house, near Montreal, and i10,000 to the "Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning," for the establishment of a univer sity in Lower Canada (province of Quebec). The bequest was valued at the time as worth about $120,000. It was stipulated that one of the colleges of the university should be known in perpetuity as McGill College. McGill Uni versity includes a group of schools or colleges and is affiliated with Cambridge, Oxford and Dublin universities. Many generous benefac tors have supplied means for the foundation of various departments or faculties. The late Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal erected and endowed the Royal Victoria College for Women. This is a residential college, and is only one of many gifts from the same donor, the last of which was a donation of $620,000 for the erection of a medical building. Sir William Macdonald erected, equipped and en dowed the Macdonald Chemistry and Mining Building, the Macdonald Physics Building and the Macdonald Engineering Building. He also gave $200,000 endowment to the Law School, besides other large donations. He has been the chief benefactor of the university. Peter Red path gave the University Library and the Peter Redpath Museum. The degrees conferred by the university are B.A. and B.Sc., in the Fac ulty of Arts, and to both men and women; B.C.L. and D.C.L. in the Faculty of Law; B. Arch. and B.Sc., in the Faculty of Applied Soience; IM.D., C.M. and D.D.S., in the Faculty of Medicine; B.S.A. in the Faculty of Agricul ture; Mus. Bach. and Mus. Doc. in the Depart ment of Music and M.A., M.Sc., D.Sc., and D.Litt. in the Graduate School. There are four affiliated theological colleges which adjoin the university grounds. The supreme authority rests with the Crown and is exercised by the governor-general of Canada. The governors, 25 in number, manage the finances, appoint pro fessors, pass statutes for the general govern ment of the university and attend to other im portant matters. The president of the board of governors is ex officio, the chancellor. The vice-chancellor is the principal, who is the head of the academic department and chief adminis trative officer. The fellows number 43 and are chosen from all the faculties, affiliated colleges and other bodies, with due regard to the rep resentation of each. They constitute the cor poration, the highest academic body, which deals with courses of study, matriculation, dis cipline degrees, etc. There are connected with the university about 1,500 students and 200 pro fessors and lecturers, besides a large number of demonstrators. The library contains about 154,000 volumes. The grounds and buildings are valued at more than $8,000,000. The uni versity is increasing its fine plant and equip ment as fast as its finances will permit.
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