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Born at Belfast, Aug. 12, 1799: died at London, Dec. 9, 1870. An Irish sculptor. He studied under Pierre François Chenu, a French sculptor, at London; first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1822; and became an academician in 1846. He executed marble statues of William Pitt and the Earl of Chas am, and designed the group typical of Europe for the Albert memorial in Hyde Park. Macduff (mak-duf'). A Scottish hero, thane or earl of Fife. According to tradition, he was the chief instrument in overthrowing the usurper Macbeth at the battle of Lumphanan in Aberdeen shire, Aug. 15, 1057, and in restoring Malcolm Can more to the Scottish throne. For this service he was granted, among other privileges, that of a sanctuary to which he and his succe ors might flee in case of committing unpremeditated slaughter. This sanctuary consisted of a cro , called the Cro Macduff, which stood north of New burgh, in the pa leading to Strath earn: its pedestal still remains; the cro itself was destroyed by the Reformers in 1559. He appears in Shak of his family. spere's "Macbeth "as a man once mild and compa ionate, but divested of the milk of human kindne by the exterMcDuffie (mak-duf'i), George. Born in Columbia County (now Warren County), Ga., 1788: died in Sumter district, S. C., March 11, 1851. An American statesman and orator, a prominent supporter of nullification. He was member of Congre from South Carolina 1821-34; governor of South Carolina 1834-36; and United States senator 18431846. Macedo (mä-sa' dộ), Joaquim Manuel de. Born at Itaborahy, province of Rio de Janeiro, June 24, 1820: died at Rio de Janeiro, April 11, 1882. A Brazilian author. In 1850 he became profe or of history in the Pedro II. College. He is best known for his romances "A Moreninha," "O Forasteiro," etc., and "A Nebulosa," a romance in blank verse which appeared in 1857. His "Corographia do Brasil" (2 vols. 1873) had a wide circulation. Macedon. See Macedonia . Macedonia (mas-e-dō'ni-ä). [Gr. Μακεδονία .] In IMG:content-0642.png:[blocks in formation] MacGahan (ma-gan'), Januarius Aloysius. Born in Ohio, June 12, 1844: died at Constant i- nople, June 10, 1878. An American journalist and war correspondent. He was correspondent for the "New York Herald" during the Franco-Pru ian war 1870-71; went on the Ru ian expedition against Khiva in 1873, described in "Campaigning on the Oxus, tion on the Pandora in 1875, described in "Under the and the Fall of Khiva"; accompanied the Arctic expedie Northern Lights." In 1876 he began a celebrated series of letters to the London "Daily News," on the Bulgarian atrocities. remaining into the anty doubtedly to be Greek and nearly related to Doric. There Carling ford, Ireland, April 13, 1825: killed at Ot- McGee (ma-ge'), Thomas D'Arcy. Born at tawa, Canada, April 7, 1868. An Irish journal- ist in Great Britain, the United States, and Maced on i an Wars. Wars between Rome and Macedonia: (1) 214-205 B. c., when Philip V. fought in alliance with Carthage; (2) 200-197, when Philip V. was defeated by Flam in in us at Cynoscephalæ (197); (3) 171-168, when Perseus was defeated by Æmilius Paulus at Pydna (168); (4) 149-148, soon after which Macedonia was made a Roman province. Maced on i us (mas-e-dō'ni-us). Died about 360. Patriarch of Constantinople. He was ordained Macias el Enamorado (mä-thē'äs el ā-nä-mō- rä'тно). [Macias the lover.] A Spanish gen- tleman and troubadour of the first half of the 15th century. He fell in love with the wife of a knight of Porcuna. He expre ed his pa ion in his verses, and was finally imprisoned and killed by the husband while he was singing her praises at the window of his prison. His few poems were greatly admired, and constant allusions to him and his fate were made in ballads and popular songs. Ticknor . Maciejowice (ma-cha-yo-vit'se). A village in Poland, about 45 miles south-southeast of War- saw. Here, Oct. 10, 1794, the Ru ians under Fersen defeated the Poles under Kosciuszko. Maciejowski (ma-cha-yov's ke), Waclaw Alex- ander. Born 1793: died Feb. 10, 1883. A Polish historian, profe or at Warsaw. He wrote a "History of Slavic Jurisprudence" (1832-35), Caroe on Rivers and Lakes in Europe" "The Rob Roy on the Jordan, Red Sea, and Gennesareth" (1869), etc. Mac greg or, or Campbell, Robert, commonly called Rob Roy. Born in 1671: died Dec. 28, poet and musician. Chaucer's indebtedne to him is marked. "A native of Champagne and of noble birth, he early entered, like most of the le er nobility of the period, the service of great feudal lords. He was chamberlain to Philip the Fair, and at his death became of Luxembourg, the well-known king of Bohemia. After the death of this prince at Crècy, he returned to the service of the court of France and served John and Charles V., finally, as it appears, becoming in some way connected with Pierre de Lusignan, king of Cyprus. His works were very numerous, amounting all to some 80,000 lines, of which until recently, nothing but a few extracts was in print. In the last few years, however, 'La Prise d'Alexan- drie,' a rhymed chronicle of the exploits of Lusignan, and the Voir Dit,' a curious love-poem in the style of the age, have been printed. Besides these, his works include nu- merous ballades, etc., and several long poems in the style of those of Froi art." Saints bury , French Lit., p. 102. Macheath (mak-hēth'), Captain. The principal character in Gay's "Beggar's Opera": a gay and di olute highwayman. Machias (ma-chi'as). A seaport and the capi- tal of Washington County, Maine, situated on Machias River in lat. 44° 43′ N., long. 67° 27′ W. Population (1890), 2,035. Machi a vell i (mak-i-a-vel'li), Niccolo. Born at Florence, May 3, 1469: died at Florence, June 22, 1527. A celebrated Italian statesman and author. He was descended from a noble but impoverished family, and was the son of Bernardo Machi a vell i, a jurist. although little is known of his youth and education. He He is said to have studied under Marcello Virgilio Adrian i, was in 1498 appointed secretary to the Dieci di Libertà e Pace at Florence, by whom he was employed in numerous and to Germany. He was deprived of office on the return of the banished Medici in 1512, and in 1513 was impris- oned and put to the torture on suspicion of conspiring against Giovanni de' Medici. He was, however, released in the same year, and retired to a country estate near San Casciano, where he devoted himself to literary pursuits. His chief works are "Il Principe" ("The Prince"), "Isto- rie fiorentine" ("Florentine History"), "Arte dell a guerra" ("Art of War"), "Discorsi" (e ays on Livy and govern- "Mandragola" and other comedies. His complete works were edited in 8 vols. in 1813. (See Principe , Il .) Also Macchia vell i . and special correspondent of the London "Times" at New York during the Civil War. He revealed in the "Times" in 1862 the existence of the Fenian conspiracy in America. Among his works are "The Salamandrine, or Love and Im- mortality" (1842), "Voices from the Crowd" (1846), "Voices from the Mountains" (1847), and "History of the Mor- mons" (1851). McKean, or Mackean (ma-ken'), Thomas. Born at New London, Chester County, Pa., March 19, 1734: died at Philadelphia, June 24, 1817. An American politician and jurist. He was IMG:content-0643.png:[blocks in formation] Mackenzie (ma-ken'zi). [Named for its discoverer, Sir Alexander Mackenzie.] A river in British North America. It rises in the Rocky Mountains as the Athabasca, traverses Lake Athabasca, i ues thence as the Slave River, traverses the Great Slave Lake, and i ues thence as the Mackenzie. It flows into the Arctic Ocean about lat. 69° N. Total length, over 2,000 miles. Mackenzie, Sir Alexander. Died at Mulnain, near Dunkeld, March 11, 1820. A Scottish explorer. He entered the service of the Northwest Fur Company in 1779, and in 1789 commanded an exploring expedition to the Northwest, during which he discovered the Mackenzie River, June 29, 1789. He afterward conducted an expedition from Fort Chippewayan to the Pacific coast, which he reached near Cape Menzies, June 22, 1793, being the first white man to make the overland journey. He was knighted in 1802. He published "Voyages on the River St. Lawrence and through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in the years 1789 and 1793" (1801). Mackenzie, Alexander. Born at Logier a it, near Dunkeld, Perth shire, Scotland, Jan. 28, 1822: died at Toronto, April 17, 1892. A Canadian politician. He emigrated to Canada in 1842; be came editor of the "Lambton Shield" at Sarnia in 1852; was elected to the provincial parliament of Ontario in 1861; entered the first Dominion House of Commons in 1867; and was premier 1873-78. Mackenzie, Sir George. Born at Dundee, Scot land, 1636: died at London, 1691. A Scottish lawyer. He became king's advocate in Scotland 1677. strained his powers as prosecutor to such exce , espe cially against the Covenanters, that he was known as the "Bloody Mackenzie." IMG:content-0644.png:[blocks in formation] Mackenzie, Sir Morell. Born at Ley ton stone, July 7, 1837: died at London, Feb. 3, 1892. A Scottish physician. He graduated (B. M.) at London University in 1861; was a istant physician to the London Hospital 1866-73; and was one of the founders of the Hos invited to Berlin in 1887 to attend the Crown Prince of Germany (afterward Frederick III.), who was attacked with a malady which eventually proved to be cancer of the throat, and which terminated fatally June 15, 1888. Among his works are "Manual of Diseases of the Throat and Nose" (1880-84) and "Use of the Laryngoscope" (1865).