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SIR JOHN MALCOLM (1769-1833)

MALDIVE ISLANDS

NICOLAS MALEBRANCHE (1638-1715)

CHRETIEN GUILLAUME DE LAMOIGNON DE MALESHERBES (1721-1794)

FRANCOIS DE MALHERBE (1555-1628)

MALIC ACID (HYDROXYETHYLENE SUCCINIC ACID), CIHSO5

MALIGNANT (Lat. malignus, evil-disposed, from maligenus)

MALIGNANT CHOLERA (synonyms, Asiatic Cholera, Indian Cholera, Epidemic Cholera, Algide Cholera)

MALIK IBN ANAS (c. 718-795)

MALINES (Flemish, Mechelen, called in the middle ages by the Latin name Mechlinia, whence the spelling Mechlin)

FRANCOIS RENE AUGUSTE MALLARME (1755-i835)

GEORGE BRUCE MALLESON (1825-1898)

MALLET (or MALLOCH), DAVID (?17o5–1765)

PAUL HENRI MALLET (173o–18o7)

WILLIAM HURRELL MALLOCK (1849— )

IST EARL OF JAMES HARRIS MALMESBURY (1746-1820)

3RD EARL OF JAMES HOWARD HARRIS MALMESBURY (1807-1889)

LANCILOTO MALOCELLO (" LANZAROTE, the ` Lancelot Maloisiel ' of the French ")

EDMOND MALONE (1741-1812)

C3H404 MALONIC ACID

SIR THOMAS MALORY

HECTOR HENRI MALOT (1830-1907)

JULES EDOUARD XAVIER MALOU (1810-1886)

BARON PIERRE VICTOR MALOUET (1740-1814)

MARCELLO MALPIGHI (1628-1694)

MALT (O. Eng., mealt; O. Sax., malt; O. Tent., maltos; Mod. Ger., Malz; Scand., malt; probably derived from the Sanskrit mrdu, soft, thus having reference to the fact that malt is raw grain rendered soft or tender)

MALTA (or MEDITERRANEAN) FEVER

THOMAS ROBERT MALTHUS (1766-1834)

BARON ZU WARTENBURG UND HEINRICH VON MALTZAN

ETIENNE LOUIS MALUS (1775-1812)

MALVASIA (Gr. Monemvasia, i.e. the " city of the single approach or entrance "; Ital. Napoli di Malvasia; Turk. Mengeshe or Beneshe)

GOFFREDO MAMELI (1827—1849)

MAMELUKE (anglicized through the French, from the Arabic mantluk, a slave)

CLAUDIUS MAMERTINUS (4th century A.D.)

COUNT TERENZIO MAMIANI DELLA ROVERE (1802-1885)

MAMMALIA (from Lat. mamma, a teat or breast)

MAMMARY GLAND (Lat. mamma)

SOUTH AMERICAN MAMMEE APPLE

MAMMOTH (0. Russ. mammot, mod. mamant; the Tatar word mama, earth, from which it is supposed to be derived, is not known to exist)

COLOSSAL CAVERN WYANDOTTE CAVE MAMMOTH CAVE

MAMUN (c. 786-833)

ISLE OF MAN (anc. Mona)

MANASSEH (7th cent. B.C.)

MANASSEH (apparently Hebrew for " he who causes to for-get," but see H. W. Hogg, Encyc. Bib., s.v.); in the Bible, a tribe of Israel, the elder but less important of the "sons" of Joseph. Its seat lay to the north of Ephraim, but its boundaries can scarce

CONSTANTINE MANASSES

PRAYER OF MANASSES

MANATI (often anglicized as "manatee")

LA MANCHA (Arabic, Al Mancha, " the dry land " or "wilderness ")

MANCHESTER (popularly Manchester-by-the-Sea)

MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL

EARLS AND DUKES OF MANCHESTER

PASQUALE STANISLAO MANCINI (1817-1888)

WRIT OF MANDAMUS

MANDASOR, or MANDSAUR

MANDATE (Mandatum)

MANDELIC ACID (Phenylglycollic Acid), C8H803

CAREL VAN MANDER (1548-1606)

BERNARD DE MANDEVILLE (1670-1733)

GEOFFREY DE MANDEVILLE (d. 1144)

MANDOLINE (Fr. mandoline; Ger. Mandoline; It. mandolina)

MANDRAKE (Mandragora officinarum)

MANDRILL (a name formed by the prefix " man " to the word " drill," which was used in ancient literature to denote an ape, and is probably of West African origin)

EDOUARD MANET (1832-1883)

MANETHO (Mav40cov in an inscription of Carthage; MaveBees in a papyrus)

MANFRED (c. 1232–1266)

JAMES CLARENCE MANGAN (1803-1849)

MANGANESE (symbol Mn; atomic weight, 54.93 (0=16)], a metallic chemical element. Its dioxide (pyrolusite)

MANGBETTU (Monbuttu)

RICHMAL MANGNALL (r769-1820)

MANGOSTEEN (Garcinia Mangostana)

MANIFEST (Lat. manifestus, clear, open to view)

MANIHIKI (MANAHIKI, MONAHIKI)

DANIELE MANIN (1804–18J7)

FREDERICK EDWARD MANING (1812-1883)

MANIPLE (Lat. manipulus, from minus, hand, and plere, to fill)

MANISA (anc. Magnesia ad Sipylum)

MANITOWOC (Indian, " Spirit-land")

MARY DE LA RIVIERE MANLEY (c. 1663-1724)

HORACE MANN (1796-1859)

CHARLES MANNERS (1857– )

HENRY EDWARD MANNING (1808-1892)

BARON DE SIR WALTER DE MANNY MANNY (d. 1372)

ROBERT MANNYNG (ROBERT of BRUNNE) (c. 1264–1340 ?)

MANOMETER (Gr. µavos, thin or loose; µerpov, a measure)

GOMEZ MANRIQUE (1412?-149o?)

JORGE MANRIQUE (1440?-1478)

MANSE (Med. Lat. manse, manses or mansum, from manere, to dwell, remain)

HENRY LONGUEVILLE MANSEL (1820-1871)

RICHARD MANSFIELD (1857-1907)

1ST EARL WILLIAM MURRAY MANSFIELD

MANSION (through O. Fr. mansion, mod. maison, from Lat. mansio, dwelling-place, stage on a journey; manere, to remain)

MANSLAUGHTER (0. Eng., mannslaeht, from mann, man, and slaeht, act of slaying, sledn, to slay, properly to smite; cf. Ger. schlagen, Schlacht, battle)

GEORGE MANSON (1850-1876)

RICHARD MANT (1776–1848)

ANDREA MANTEGNA (1431–1506)

GIDEON ALGERNON MANTELL (1790-1852)

FREIHERR VON EDWIN MANTEUFFEL (1809-1885)

MANTINEIA, or MANTINEA

THOMAS MANTON (162o-1677)

MANTUA (Ital. Mantova)

DOM FRANCISCO MANUEL DE MELLO (? 1611–1666)

EUGENE MANUEL (1823–1901)

JACQUES ANTOINE MANUEL (1775-1827)

LOUIS PIERRE MANUEL (1751-1793)

MANUL (Felis manul)

MANURIAL VALUE OF FOOD CONSUMED IN THE PRODUCTION OF

ROBERT MANWARING

MANYEMA (Una-Ma-Nyema, eaters of flesh)

PIER ANGELO MANZOLLI

ALESSANDRO FRANCESCO TOMMASO ANTONIO MANZONI (1785-1873)

MAP (or MAPES), WALTER (d. c. 1208/9)

BART SIR JOHN BLUNDELL MAPLE

ABRAHAM MAPU (1808-1867)

MAQRIZI, or MAKRIZI [Tagi ud-Din Ahmad ibn 'Al] (1364–1442)

1ST OR 6TH EARL OF JOHN ERSKINE MAR (d. 1572)

2ND OR 7TH EARL JOHN ERSKINE MAR

6TH OR 11TH EARL OF JOHN ERSKINE MAR (1675-1732)

GERTRUD ELISABETH MARA (1749-1833)

MARABOUT (the French form of the Arab. murdbit, " one who pickets his horse on a hostile frontier "; cf. Portug.marabute; Span. morabito)

MARACAIBO (sometimes MARACAYBO)

MARANHAO, or MARANHAM (Span. Maranon, the name given to the upper Amazon)

MARANO (accursed or banned)

MARASH (anc. Germanicia-Marasion)

JEAN PAUL MARAT (1743-1793)

MARATHI (properly Marathi)

MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

BARON DE JEAN BAPTISTE ANTOINE MARCELIN MARBOT (1782-18J4)

COLLOQUY OF MARBURG (Marburger Religionsgesprach)

MARC ANTOINE RENE DE VOYER

MARC PIERRE DE VOYER DE PAULMY

MARC RENE DE VOYER

MARC RENE MARIE DE VOYER DE PAULMY

PIERRE DE MARCA (1594-1662)

MARCANTONIO [MARCANTONIO RAIMONDI]

ETIENNE MARCEL (d: 1358)

BENEDETTO MARCELLO (1686-1739)

MARCESCENT (Lat. marcescens, withering)

MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.

AUZIAS MARCH (c. "1395-1458)

FRANCIS ANDREW MARCH (1825– )

MARCHE, or LA MARCHE

JOSE MARCHENA RUIZ DE CASTRO (1768-1821?)

THE MARCHES (It. Le Marche)

EARLS OF MARCHMONT

MARCHPANE, or MARZIPAN

MARCIAN (c. 390-457)

MARCIANUS (c. A.D. 400)

MARCOMANNI (i.e. men of the mark, or border)

MARCOS DE NIZA (c. 1495–1558)

JULES MARCOU (1824-1898)

MARCUS AEMILIUS SCAURUS

MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS (121–18o)

WILLIAM LEARNED MARCY (1786-1857)

MARDUK (Bib'. MERODACH2)

MAREMMA (a corruption of Marittima, " situated on the sea ")

MAREOTIS (Arabic Mariut)

MARGARET (1283–1290)

MARGARET (1353-1412)

MARGARET (1489–1541)

MARGARET BEAUFORT

MARGARET MAULTASCH (1318-1369)

MARGARET OF ANJOU (1430-1482)

MARGARET OF AUSTRIA (1480-1530)

MARGARET OF AUSTRIA (1522-1586)

MARGARET OF PROVENCE (1221-1295)

ST MARGARET (SANCTA MARGARITA)

ST MARGARET (c. 1045–1093)

ANDREAS SIGISMUND MARGGRAF (1709-1782)

MARGHELAN, or MARGHILAN

MARGRAVE (Ger. Markgraf)

MARGUERITE DE VALOIS

PAUL MARGUERITTE (186o— )

PHILIP KONRAD MARHEINEKE (1780-1846)

MARIA THERESA (1717–1780)

JUAN DE MARIANA (1536-1624)

MARIANNES MARIANAS

MARIANAS, or MARANHAS

MARIANUS SCOTUS (1028–1082 or 1083)

MARIE AMELIE THERESE (1782-1866)

MARIE ANTOINETTE

MARIE DE FRANCE (fl. c. 1175-119o)

MARIE LESZCZYNSKA (1703-1768)

MARIE LOUISE (1791-1847)

MARIE THERESE (1638-1683)

MARIENBURG (Polish, Malborg)

AUGUSTE FERDINAND FRANCOIS MARIETTE (1821-1881)

JEAN CHARLES GALISSARD DE MARIGNAC (1817-1894)

BATTLE OF MARIGNAN

GIOVANNI MARIGNOLLI

ENGUERRAND DE MARIGNY (1260-1315)

JEAN DE MARIGNY (d. 1350)

CHARLES DE MARILLAC (c. 1510-1560)

GALERIUS VALERIUS MARIMINUS [MAxnIIN]

GAIUS JULIUS VERUS MARIMINUS

MARINES (from Lat. mare, sea)

MARINI (or MARINO), GIAMBATTISTA (1569-1625)

MARINUS OF TYRE

COUNT OF CANDIA GIUSEPPE MARIO (1810-1883)

FRANCIS MARION (1732-1795)

HENRI FRANCOIS MARION (1846-1896)

MARIONETTES (probably from Ital. morio, a fool or buffoon, but also said to be derived from the mariolettes, or little figures of the Virgin Mary), FANTOCCINI (from fantino, a child)

EDME MARIOTTE (c. 1620-1684)

MARIPOSAN, or YOKUTS

JACOB MARIS (1837-1899)

MARITIME PROVINCE (Russ., Primorskaya Oblast)

MARITIME TERRITORY

MARIUNCH (pop. 1499)

MARIUS OF AVENCHES (or AVENTICUM) (d. S93 or 594)

GAIUS MARIUS (r55–86 B.c.)

PIERRE CARLET DE CHAMBLAIN DE MARIVAUX (1688-1763)

MARJORAM (O. Fr. majorane, Med. Lat. majorana; not connected with major, greater, nor with amaracus)

CARL MARK (1858– )

GOSPEL OF ST MARK

SIR WILLIAM MARKBY (1829- )

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

MARKET BOSWORTH

MARKET F05 MARKET FOR

MARKET HARBOROUGH

GERVASE MARKHAM (or JERVIS) (1568?-1637)

SIR CLEMENTS ROBERT MARKHAM (183o- )

WILLIAM MARKHAM (1719-1807)

MARKHOR (" snake-eater ")

MARKIRCH (French, Ste-Marie-aux-Mines)

JEREMIAH MARKLAND (1693–1776)

MARKO KRALYEVICH

MARL (from O. Fr. marle, Late Lat. margila, dim. of marga; cf. Du. and Ger. Mergel)