McCURDY, James Frederick, Canadian Orientalist: b. Chatham, N. B., 18 Feb. 1847. He was educated at the University of New Brunswick, Princeton Theological Sem inary and in Germany. He was assistant pro fessor in Oriental languages at Princeton, 1873-82; and Stone lecturer there in 1885-86. In 1886 he was appointed lecturer in University College of Toronto, and from 1888-1914 was professor of Oriental languages in that college. Among his works are 'Aryo-Semitic Speech' (1881) ; 'History, Prophecy and the Monu ments' (3 vols., 1894-1901) ; 'Life and Work of D. J. Macdonnell> (1897) ; an original com mentary on Haggai, and various translations for the American edition of Com mentary,' etc.
McCURDY, Richard Aldrich, American capitalist: b. New York City, 29 Jan. 1835; d. Morristown, N. J., 6 March 1916. He was graduated at Harvard University in 1856, and engaged in the practice of law in New York. He became attorney for the Mutual Life In surance Company in 1860, vice-president in 1865 and was president in 1885-1906. The in vestigation of his company in 1905 revealed mismanagement and gross extravagance, particularly in the matter of salaries for the officials. He resigned and retired in 1906.
McCUTCHEON, George Barr, American novelist: b. near Lafayette, Ind., 26 July 1866. He was educated at private schools and at Purdue University. After leav ing college, before graduation, he became a re porter on the Lafayette Morning Journal, at a salary of $6 a week. Prior to that time he had written a series of dialect letters for the Sunday Leader, of Lafayette, under the caption 'Waddleton Mail,' published in that paper in 1890. After three years on the Jour nal, he became city editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier, serving in that capacity until June 1902, when newspaper work was abandoned for novel-writing alone. While with the Courier, he contributed to that news paper a serial story entitled 'The.Wired which has never been published in book form; and also contributed short stories to various magazines during these years. He went to Chicago to reside in 1902, and in July 1910 re moved to New York City.
His novels include 'Graustark' (1901), dramatised; 'Castle Craneycrow> (1902) ; 'Brewster's Millions) (1903), dramatised; 'The Sherrods> (1903) ; 'The Day of the Dog' (1904), novelette; 'Beverly of Graustark' (1904), dramatised; 'The Purple Parasol) (1905), novelette ; 'Nedra' (1905) ; 'Cowardice Court' (1906), novelette; 'Jane Cable) (1906) ; 'The FlyeArs> (1906), dramatised, novelette; 'The Daughter of Anderson Crow) (1907) ; 'The Husbands of Edith) (1908), novelette, • 'The Man From Brodney's' (1908) ; 'The Alternative' (1909), novelette ; 'Truxton King) (1909), dramatised; 'The Butterfly Man> (1910), novelette; 'The Rose in the Ring' (1910); 'What's-His-Name' (1911), novelette; 'Mary Midthorne' (1911) ; 'Her Weight in Gold) (1912), novelette; 'The Hollow of Her Hand' (1912) 'A Fool and His Money) (1913); 'Black is White> (1914) ; 'The Prince of Graustark' (1914) ; 'Mr.
(1915).
McCUTCHEON, John Timmy, American cartoonist: b. near South Raub, Ind., 6 May 1870. He is a brother of G. B. McCutcheon (q.v.). He was graduated from Purdue Uni versity in 1889 and has been connected with the leading newspapers of Chicago since 1889, his work as a cartoonist becoming famous in the campaign of 1896. He started around the world on dispatch boat McCulloch in January 1898; was on board that vessel, durino. the war with Spain, in battle of Manila Bay 1898. In 1899 he made a tour of special service in India, Burma, Siam and Cochin China and later in northern China, Korea and Japan, returning to the Philip pines during the fall campaign there. He fol lowed the various campaigns on the islands until April 1899 when he was sent to the Transvaal. He joined the Boers in the interest of his paper and furnished political cartoons for the Chicago Record during the campaign of 1900. In 1909 10 he visited Africa, the while contributing articles and cartoons for the Chicago Sunday Tribune. He went to Mexico as special corre spondent in 1914; was with the Belgian and German armies in the autumn of the same year, and in France, Saloniki and the Balkans in 1915-16. He has published 'Stories of Filipino Warfare) (1900) ; 'Cartoons by McCutcheon) (1903) ; 'Bird Centre Cartoons' (1904); 'The Mysterious Stranger and Other Cartoons' (1905) ; 'Congressman Pumphrey the People's
(1907) ; Africa) (1910) ; 'T. R. in Cartoons' (1910) ;
McDANIEL, Henry Dickerson, American lawyer : b. Monroe, Ga., 4 Sept. 1836. He was graduated from Mercer University, Macon. Ga., 1856, and admitted to the bar in 1857. He at tended as delegate the Georgia Secession Con vention in 1861; and served in the Confederate army until the end of the war, attaining the rank of major in the 11th Georgia Infantry. In 1865 he was a member of the Georgia Con stitutional Convention. His disability to hold office having been removed in 1872 by the United States Congress, he served in the State legislature, 1873-74; was State senator, 1874 83, and in 1883 he was elected governor of Georgia, which office he occupied for three years. He has been trustee of the University of Georgia since 1884, and chairman of the board since 1899. He is also director in several industrial enterprises.