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PUBLIUS RUTILIUS LUPUS

LUQMAN, or LOKMAN

ISAAC BEN SOLOMON LURIA (1534-1572)

LUSATIA (Ger. Lausitz)

LUTE (Arabic al'ud, " the wood "; Fr. luth; Ital. liuto; Span. laud; Ger. Laute; Dut. luit)

CHRISTOPH ERNST LUTHARDT (1823-1902)

MARTIN LUTHER (1483-1546)

LUTSK (Polish, Luck)

HENRY LUTTRELL (c. 1765–1851)

FREIHERR VON ADOLF LUTZOW (1782-1834)

DUKE FRANCOIS HENRI DE MONTMORENCYBOUTEVILLE LUXEMBURG

IGNACIO LUZAN CLARAMUNT DE SUELVES Y GURREA (1702-1754)

LUIGI LUZZATTI (1841- )

MOSES HAYIM LUZZATTO (1707-1747)

SAMUEL DAVID LUZZATTO (1800-1865)

LYCAEUS (Mons Lycaeus, Airxawv opos: mod. Diaphorti)

LYCANTHROPY (Gr. Man, wolf, avepwaos, man)

LYCOSURA (mod. Palaeokastro or Siderokastro)

LYCURGUS (Gr. AvKofpyor)

LYCURGUS (c. 396–325 B.C.)

LYDFORD, or LIDFORD

JOHN LYDGATE (c. 1370–c. 1451)

LYDUS (" THE LYDIAN "), JOANNES LAURENTIUS

LYE (0. Eng. leag, cf. Dutch loog, Ger. Lauge, from the root meaning to wash, see in Lat. lavare, and Eng. " lather," froth of soap and water, and " laundry ")

SIR CHARLES LYELL (1797-1875)

LYLY (LILLY, or LYLIE), JOHN (1553–1606)

LYMPHATIC SYSTEM

PATRICIO LYNCH (1825–1886)

BARON JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY LYNDHURST (1772–1863)

SIR DAVID LYNDSAY (c. 1490-c. 1555)

1ST BARON THOMAS GRAHAM LYNEDOCH (1748-1843)

LYNX (Lat. Lynx, Gr. airy, probably connected with X hovewv, to see)

MARY MASON LYON (1797-1849)

NATHANIEL LYON (1818-1861)

LEONNOYS LYONESSE LYONNESSE

LYONS (Fr. Lyon)

COUNCILS OF LYONS

BARON EDMUND LYONS LYONS (1790-1858)

1ST EARL RICHARD BICKERTON PEMELL LYONS LYONS (1817–1887)

LYRA (" The Harp ")

LYRE (Gr. Xupa)

LYSANDER (Gr. Abcavdpos)

LYSIMACHUS (c. 355—281 B.C.)

LYSIS OF TARENTUM (d. c. 390 B.c.)

HENRY FRANCIS LYTE (1793-1847)

1ST BARON GEORGE LYTTELTON LYTTELTON (17o9-1773)

1ST BARON BULWERLYTTON EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON LYTTON (1803-1873)

EDWARD ROBERT LYTTON

MA1IOI1MEDAN RELIGION

JOSEPH MAAS (1847-1886)

MAASTRICHT, or MAESTRICI3T

JOHN MABILLON (1632-1707)

MABINOGION (plural of Welsh mabinogi, from mabinog, a bard's apprentice)

JAN MABUSE (d. 1532)

MACALPINE (or MACCABEUS), JOHN (d. 1557)

MACAO (A-Ma-ngao, " Harbour of the goddess A-Ma "; Port. Macau)

MACARONI (from dialectic Ital. maccare, to bruise or crush)

MACARSCA (Serbo-Croatian, Makarska)

EARL GEORGE MACARTNEY MACARTNEY (1737-1806)

MACASSAR (MAKASSAR, MANGKASAR)

BARON THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY MACAULAY (1800-1859)

BOOKS OF MACCABEES

DENIS FLORENCE MACCARTHY (1817-1882)

1ST EARL OF CHARLES GERARD MACCLESFIELD (c. 1618-1694)

MALCOLM MACCOLL (c. 1838-1907)

BART SIR WILLIAM MACCORMAC

JAMES MACCULLAGH (1809-1847)

HORATIO MACCULLOCH (1805-1867)

JOHN MACCULLOCH (1773-1835)

HAMISH MACCUNN (1868— )

FLORA MACDONALD (1722—1790)

GEORGE MACDONALD (1824-1905)

JACQUES ETIENNE JOSEPH MACDONALD

JOHN SANDFIELD MACDONALD (1812-1872)

LAWRENCE MACDONALD (1799-1878)

SIR HECTOR ARCHIBALD MACDONALD (1852-1903)

SIR JOHN ALEXANDER MACDONALD (1815-1891)

JAMES MACDONELL (1841-1879)

MACDONNELL (or MACDONELL), ALESTAIR (i.e. Alexander) RUADH (c. 1725-1761)

SORLEY BOY MACDONNELL (c. 1505-1590)

THOMAS MACDONOUGH (1786-1825)

EDWARD ALEXANDER MACDOWELL (1861–1908)

MACE (Fr. masse, O. Fr. mace, connected with Lat.'ntateola, a mallet)

JOSE AGOSTINHO DE MACEDO (1761-1831)

MACEDONIAN EMPIRE

SIR GEORGE ALEXANDER MACFARREN (1813-1887)

WILLIAM MACGILLIVRAY (1796-1852)

JOHN [" Roc RoY "] MACGREGOR (1825-1892)

ERNST MACH (1838– )

MACHAERODUS, or MACHAIRODUS

JOHN MACHALE (1791–1881)

GUILLAUME DE MACHAUT (c. 1300-1377)

NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI (1469-1527)

MACHICOLATION (from Fr. machicoulis)

MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

CHARLES MACINTOSH (1766-1843)

FREIHERR KARL MACK VON LEIBERICH (1752-1828)

CHARLES MACKAY (1814–1889)

HUGH MACKAY (c. 164o-169z)

JOHN WILLIAM MACKAY (1831–1902)

ALEXANDER MACKENNAL (1835—1904)

ALEXANDER MACKENZIE (1822-1892)

HENRY MACKENZIE (1745-1831)

SIR ALEXANDER MACKENZIE (c. 1755-1820)

SIR ALEXANDER CAMPBELL MACKENZIE (1847— )

SIR GEORGE MACKENZIE (1636-1691)

SIR MORELL MACKENZIE (1837-1892)

WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE (1795-1861)

MACKINAC ISLAND

SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH (176 1832)

CHARLES MACKLIN (c. 1699-1797)

CHARLES MACLAREN (1782-1866)

COLIN MACLAURIN (1698–1746)

HENRY DUNNING MACLEOD (1821-1902),

NORMAN MACLEOD (1812-1872)

DANIEL MACLISE (1806-1870)

WILLIAM MACLURE (1763-1840)

FREDERICK WILLIAM MACMONNIES (1863- )

BART SIR WILLIAM HAY MACNAGHTEN

SIR DANIEL MACNEE (1806–1882)

HERMON ATKINS MACNEIL (1866– )

HECTOR MACNEILL (1946-1818)

NATHANIEL MACON (1758-1837)

JAMES MACPHERSON (1736–1796)

SIR DAVID LEWIS MACPHERSON (1818–1896)

WILLIAM CHARLES MACREADY (1793—1873)

AMBROSIUS THEODOSIUS MACROBIUS

HUGH MACULLOCH (1808-1895)

WAYNE MACVEAGH (1833— )

IMRE MADACH (1829—1864)

MARTIN MADAN (1726-1790)

SIR FREDERIC MADDEN (1801-1873)

MADEIRA, or THE MADE1RAS

MADELEINE BEJART (1618-1672)

MADHAVA ACHARYA (fl. c. 1380)

JAMES MADISON (1751–1836)

JEAN BAPTISTE MADOU (1796-1877)

PASCUAL MADOZ (1806-1870)

DON FEDERICO DE MADRAZO Y KUNT (1815-1894)

MADRIGAL (Ital. madrigale)

MADURA (Dutch Madoera)

JOHAN NICOLAI MADVIG (1804-1886)

GAIUS MAECENAS (CILNIUS)

LUCIUS VOLUSIUS MAECIANUS (2nd cent.)

MAELDUIN (or MAELDUNE)

SPURIUS MAELIUS (d. 439 B.C.)

MAELSTROM (whirlpool)

MAENADS (Gr. MatvaSes, frenzied women)

JACOB VAN MAERLANT (c. 1235-c. 1300)

NICOLAS MAES (1632-1693)

MAURICE MAETERLINCK (1862— )

MARCHESE DI FRANCESCO SCIPIONE MAFFEI (1675-1755)

MAGALLANES (Spanish form of Magellan)

MAGDALA (more correctly MAKOALA)

WILLIAM MAGEE (1766—1831)

WILLIAM CONNOR MAGEE (1821-1891)

FERDINAND MAGELLAN (in Sp. FERNANDO MAGALLANES, in Port. FERNAO DE MAGALHAES) (c. 1480-152I)

MAGELLANIC CLOUDS (named after Ferdinand Magellan)

LAGO MAGGIORE (Lacus Verbanus of the Romans; Fr. Lac Majeur; Ger. Langensee)

WILLIAM MAGINN (1793–1842)

MAGISTRATE (Lat. magistratus, from magister, master, properly a public office, hence the person holding such an office)

ANTONIO DA MARCO MAGLIABECHI (1633-1714)

AGOSTINO MAGLIANI (1824-1891)

MAGNA GRAECIA (i µey0eq `EXXas)

MAGNATE (Late Lat. magnas, a great man)

MAGNES (c. 46o B.C.)

atomic weight 24.32 MAGNESIUM [symbol Mg (0 = 16)]

TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM

HEINRICH GUSTAV MAGNUS (1802-1870)

MARQUIS DE CLAUDE DRIGON MAGNY (1797-1879)

MAHABALESHWAR, or MALCOLMPETH

JOHN PENTLAND MAHAFFY (1839- )

ALFRED THAYER MAHAN (1840- )

MAHANADI, or MAHANUDDY (" The Great River ")

MAHAYANA (" Great Vehicle ")

MAHDI (Arab. " he who is guided aright ")

MAHDIA (also spelt Mehdia, Mehedia, &c.)

MAHMUD NEDIM PASHA (c. 1818-1883)

MAHMUD1 OF GHAZNI (971-1030)

MAHOMET (strictly MUHAMMAD, commonly also MOHAMMED)

MAHOMMED AHMED IBN SEYYID ABDULLAH (1848-1885)

MAHOMMEDAN INSTITUTIONS

MAHOMMEDAN RELIGION

MAHOMMEDAN WOMEN

FRANCIS SYLVESTER MAHONY (18o4-1866)

MAHOUT (Hind. mahawat)

MAHSEER, or MAHASEER (Barbus mosal)

ANGELO MAI (1782—1854)

MAIDEN, or MAID

COMTESSE DE LOUISE JULIE MAILLY (1710-1751)

LOUIS MAIMBOURG (1610—1686)

SALOMON MAIMON (1754—1800)

MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)

MAINA (or MANI)

ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON MAINE

SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER MAINE (1822–1888)

MAINPURI, or MYNPOOREE

MAINTENANCE (Fr. maintenance, from maintenir, to maintain, support, Lat. manu tenere, to hold in the hand)

MAINZ (Fr. Mayence)

JEAN DE MAIRET (1604–1686)

JOSEPH DE MAISTRE (1754-1821)

XAVIER DE MAISTRE (1763-1852)

MAITLAND (MAITLAND OF LETHINGTON), WILLIAM

EDWARD MAITLAND (1824-1897)

FREDERIC WILLIAM MAITLAND (1850-1906)

SIR RICHARD MAITLAND (LORD LETHINGTON) (1496-r586)

MAIZE, or INDIAN CORN

MAJESTY (Fr. majeste; Lat. majestas, grandeur, greatness, from the base mag-, as in magnus, great, major, greater, &c.)

MAJLATH, JANOS, or JOHN, COUNT (1786-1855)

MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")

MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

MAJORCA (Mallorca)

MAJORIAN (Juuus VALERIUS MAJOR1ANUS)

MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

MAJUBA (properly AMAJUBA, Zulu for "the hill of doves")

MAKARAKA, or IDDIO (" Cannibals ")

HANS MAKART (1840-1884)

MAKRAN, or MEKRAN

BEHRAMJI MALABARI (1853– )

STANISLAW MALACHOWSKI (1736-1809)

ST MALACHY (c. 1094-1148)

MALALAS (or MALELAS) (Syriac for " orator "), JOHN (c. 491-578)

SOLOMON CAESAR MALAN (1812-1894)

MALATIA (MALATIEH or Aspuzu)

MALAY PENINSULA

MALAY STATES (BRITISH)

MALAY STATES (SIAMESE)