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MICHAEL OBRENOVICH III

JOHANN DAVID MICHAELIS (1717-1791)

ANDRE MICHAUA (1746-1802)

JOSEPH FRANCOIS MICHAUD (1767–1839)

DAN MICHEL OF NORTHGATE (ft. 1340)

FRANCISQUE XAVIER MICHEL (1809-1887)

MICHELANGELO (MICHELAGNIOLO BUONARROTI) (1475-1564)

MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI

JULES MICHELET (1798-1874)

JOHN MICHELL (1724-1793)

MICHELOZZO DI BARTOLOMMEO (1391-1472?)

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

MICHOACAN, or MICHOACAN DE OCAMPO

ADAM MICKIEWICZ (1798-1855)

WILLIAM JULIUS MICKLE (1735-1788)

MICROCOSMIC SALT

MICROMETER (from Gr. wcp6c, small, jArpov, a measure)

MICRONESIA (from Gr. µitcpbs, small, and viiaos, island)

MICROSCOPE (Gr. µucp6s, small, asenreiv, to %view)

MICROTOMY (Gr. -mµ17; r ivsu', to cut)

THE MIDDLE AGES

MIDDLE CONSTRICTOR

1ST EARL OF LIONEL CRANFIELD MIDDLESEX (1575-1645)

ARTHUR MIDDLETON (1742–1787)

CONYERS MIDDLETON (1683–1750)

THOMAS MIDDLETON (c. 1570-1627)

MIDHAT PASHA (1822–1884)

MIDIAN (properly Madyan, so Sept.)

9TH VISCOUNT WILLIAM ST JOHN FREMANTLE BRODRICK MIDLETON (1856— )

MIDLETON, or MIDDLETON

MIDSOMER NORTON

MIDWIFE (Mid. Eng. midwif, mydwyf or medewife, from preposition mid, with, and wife, i.e. woman, in the sense of one who is with ,the mother, or from adjective mid, one who is the means of delivering the mother, a woman who assists other women in 'childbi

MIEREVELT (MIEREVELD, or MIREVELDT), MICHIEL JANSZ VAN (1567-1641)

THOMAS MIFFLIN (1744–1800)

PIERRE MIGNARD (1610-1695)

JACQUES PAUL MIGNE (1800-1875)

FRANCOIS AUGUSTE ALEXIS MIGNET (1796–1884)

ABRAHAM MIGNON (1640-1697)

MIGNONETTE, or MIGNONNETTE (i.e. " little darling ")

CLAUDINE FRANCOISE [commonly called MARIE] MIGNOT (c. 1617-1711)

MARIA EVARIST MIGUEL (1802–1866)

HENRY MIIRGER (1822–1861)

MIKADO (Japanese for " exalted gate ")

MIKHAIL ILLARIONOVICH VORONTSOV (1714-1767)

MIKHAIL SEMENOVICH VORONTSOV (1782-1856)

FRANZ VON MIKLOSICH (1813–1891)

MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

MILAN OBRENOVICH IV

GAETANO MILANESI (1813-1895)

MILDEW (0. Eng. meledeaw or mildeaw, explained as " meal-dew," cf. Ger. Me/zit/tau, with more probability, as " honey-dew," Goth. melith, honey, cf. Lat. mel, Gr. µEX)

NELSON APPLETON MILES (1839— )

MILETUS (mod. Palatia)

MILICZ, or MILITSCH (d. 1374)

MILITARY FRONTIER (Ger. Militdrgrenze, Slay. Granitza)

MILITARY OPERATIONS

MILITARY OPERATIONS IN EGYPT AND THE SUDAN

MILITARY OPERATIONS OF

MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

MILITIA OF TIIE UNITED

MILK (0. Eng. meoluc; from a common Indo-European root, cf. Lat. mulgere, Gr. ?t dXyetv)

MILK AND BUTTER

MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)

JAMES MILL (1773-1836)

JOHN MILL (c. 1645–1707)

JOHN STUART MILL (1806-1873)

SIR JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS (1829-1896)

ANDREW MILLAR (1707-1768)

MILLENNIUM (a pseudo-Latin word formed on the analogy of biennium, triennium, from Lat. milk, a thousand, and armies, year)

HUGH MILLER (1802–1856)

JOAQUIN MILLER (CINCINNATUS HEINE) (1841- )

JOE MILLER (JosEPH or JosIAS( (1684-1738)

SAMUEL FREEMAN MILLER (1816-1890)

WILLIAM MILLER (1782-1849)

WILLIAM MILLER (1795-1861)

WILLIAM MILLER (1796–1882)

WILLIAM HALLOWES MILLER (18o1–188o)

ALEXANDRE MILLERAND (1859– )

MILLET (Fr. millet; Ital. miglietto, diminutive of miglio= Lat. mille, a thousand, in allusion to its fertility)

MILLET (or MILE), JEAN FRANCOIS (c. 1642–1679)

FRANCIS DAVIS MILLET (1846- )

JEAN FRANCOIS MILLET (1814–1875)

WILLIAM MILLIGAN (1821-1892)

JOHN MILLS (d. 1736)

ROGER QUARLES MILLS (1832– )

HENRY HART MILMAN (1791–1868)

VISCOUNT ALFRED MILNER MILNER (1854– )

JOSEPH MILNER (1744-1797)

MILNGAVIE (locally pronounced Millguy)

MILO OF GLOUCESTER

TITUS ANNIUS MILO

COUNT MICHAEL ANDRIJEVICH MILORADOVICH (1770–1825)

MILOSH OBRENOVICH I

JOHN MILTON (1608–1674)

MIMOSA (so named from the movements of the leaves in many species which " mimic " animal sensibility)

FRANCISCO ESPOZ Y MINA (1781-1836)

MINARET (from the Arabic mandrat ; manar or miner is Arabic for a lighthouse, a tower on which liar, fire, is lit)

MINAS GERAES (i.e. " general mines ")

MINAS [MINOIDES] (c. 1790-186o)

MINBAR, or MIMBAR

MINERAL DEPOSITS

MARCO MINGHETTI (1818-1886)

MINIM (adapted from Lat. minimus, the smallest; a superlative formed from the Indo-Germanic root min-, small)

MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

MINNESINGERS (Ger. Minnesinger from Minne, love)

MINNOW (Leuciscus phoxinus)

MINO DI GIOVANNI (1431-1484)

MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)

ROBERT CRANNELL MINOR (1839-1904)

MINORCA (Menorca)

LAURENCE MINOT (fl. 1333—1352)

MINOTAUR (Gr. Mcvcn -avpos, from Mews, and Taps, bull)

MINSTER (from Lat. monasterium; cf. German Munster)

MINT (Lat. moneta; Mid. Eng. mynt)

WILLIAM MINTO (1845-1893)

MINUET (adapted, under the influence of the Italian minuetto, from Fr. menuet, small, pretty, delicate, a diminutive of menu, from Lat. minutus; the word refers probably to the short steps, pas menus, taken in the dance)

MINUTE (Lat. minutes, small; minuere, to make less)

MIOSNIP SECTION

COMTE ANDRE FRANCOIS MIOT DE MELITO (1762-1841)

JOHANN VON MIQUEL (1829-1901)

MIQUELETS (MIQUELETES Or MIGUELETES)

ANTONIO MIRA DE AMESCUA (1578 ?–1636 ?)

VICOMTE DE ANDRE BONIFACE LOUIS RIQUETI MIRABEAU (1754-1792)

COMTE DE HONORS GABRIEL RIQUETI MIRABEAU (1749-1791)

MARQUIS DE VICTOR RIQUETI MIRABEAU (1715-1789)

MIRACLE (Lat. miraculum, from mirari, to wonder)

MIRAGE (a French word, from mirer, to look at, se mirer, to be reflected)

MIGUEL MIRAMON (1832-1867)

FRANCESCO MIRANDA (c. 1754-1816)

MIRANZAI VALLEY, or HANGU

OCTAVE HENRI MARIE MIRBEAU (1850- )

MIRKHOND (1433-1498)

MIRROR (through O. Fr. mirour, mod. miroir, from a sup-posed Late Lat. miratorium, from mirari, to admire)

MISCEGENATION (from Lat. miscere, to mix, and genus, race)

MISDEMEANOUR (from O. Fr. mes- and demener, to conduct oneself ill)

MISERERE (the imperative of Lat. misereri, to have mercy or pity)

MISPRISION (from O. Fr. mesprendre, mod. meprendre, to misunderstand)

LORD OF MISRULE

MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

MISSOLONGHI, or MESOLONGHI (MaroMyyeov)

MISSOURI COMPROMISE

MISTAKE (i.e. take amiss)

MISTLETOE 1 (Viscum album)

FREDERIC MISTRAL (183o– )

MITAU (Russian, Mitava; Lettish, Yelgava)

ORMSBY MACKNIGHT MITCHEL (1809—1862)

DONALD GRANT MITCHELL (1822—1908)

MARIA MITCHELL (1818—1889)

SILAS WEIR MITCHELL (1830-)

SIR THOMAS LIVINGSTONE MITCHELL (1792-1855)

MARY RUSSELL MITFORD (1787-1855)

WILLIAM MITFORD (1744-1827)

MITHRADATES III

RAJENDRA LALA MITRA (1824-1891)

MITRE (Lat. mitra, from Gr. j4rpa, a band, head-band, head-dress)

MITROVICA (Hungarian, Mitrovicz; German, Mitrowitz)

EILHARDT MITSCHERLICH (1794–1863)

ST GEORGE JACKSON MIVART (1827-1900)

MIZPAH, or MIZPEH

MNEMONICS (from Gr. /IvaoBat, remember; whence ,uvijswv, mindful; Td jsvnsovuKdv, Sc. r xvrlsa, that which mechanically aids the memory)

MNIRMEMM1 111C30111MIS

GEORGE MOBERLY (1803-1885)

ROBERT CAMPBELL MOBERLY (1845-1903)

AUGUST FERDINAND MOBIUS (1790-1868)

FREDERICK DAVID MOCATTA (1828-1905)

MOCCASIN (a North-American Indian word, of which the spelling and pronunciation vary in different dialects)

MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

MODENA (ancient Mutina)

MODERATOR (from Lat. moderare, to impose a modus, limit)

MODERATUS OF GADES

MODERN AUTHORITIES

MODERN AUTHORITIES AND REFERENCE

MODERN COMPLETE EDITIONS

MODERN HUMAN ANATOMY

MODERN PROVENCAL LITERATURE

MODERN WORKS (see also under JAMES II.)

HERENNIUS MODESTINUS

MODILLION (a French word, probably from Lat. modulus, a measure of proportion)

HELENA MODJESKA (1844–1909)

MODOC (i.e. " southerners ")

MODULE (Lat. modulus, a measure)

MOESIA (Gr. Muck and Mveia i)

MOFETTA (Ital. from Lat. mephitis, a pestilential exhalation)

ROBERT MOFFAT (1795-1883)

MOGADOR (Es-Sueira)

PETER MOGILA (c. 1596-1647)

MOGILEV ON THE DNIEPER

MOGILEV ON THE DNIESTER

MOGUL, MOCHAL, or MIGHAL

MOHAVE (corrupted from hamok-habi; " three mountains," their native name, with reference to three peaks, which form a prominent feature of their country)

MAHICAN AND MOHEGAN MOHICAN

HUGO VON MOHL (1805–1872)

JULIUS VON MOHL (1800–1876)

JOHANN ADAM MOHLER (1796—1838)

KARL FRIEDRICH MOHR (1806-1879)

FRIEDRICH MOHS (1773-1839)

CHARLES MOHUN MOHUN

MICHAEL MOHUN (c. 1625-1684)

MOIDORE (a corruption of the Pcrtuguese moeda d'ouro, literally, money of gold)

DAVID MACBETH MOIR (1798—1851)

HENRI MOISSAN (1852-1907)

JOHANN AUGUST GEORG EDMUND MOJSISOVICS VON MOJSVAR (1839—1907)

MOKANNA (al-Moqanna', the Veiled)

MOKHA (Mocha, properly Makha)

JACQUES DE MOLAY (d. 1314)

MOLD (formerly Mould, Welsh Y Wyddgrug, a conspicuous barrow, Lat. Mons altus, the translation of the Welsh name)

COMTE LOUIS MATHIEU MOLE (1781—1855)

MATHIEU MOLE (1584—1656)

MOLECULE (from mod. Lat. molecula, the diminutive of moles, a mass)

MARY LOUISA MOLESWORTH (1839- )

1ST VISCOUNT ROBERT MOLESWORTH MOLESWORTH (1656-1725)

BART SIR WILLIAM MOLESWORTH

MOLIERE (1622-1673)

LUIS MOLINA (1535-1600)

JEAN MOLINET (1433-1507)

AUGUSTE MOLINIER (1851-1904)

MIGUEL DE MOLINOS (c. 1640-1697)

WILHELM BERNHARDT MOLIQUE (1802-1869)

MOLKO (1500-1532)

RICHARD JOACHIM HEINRICH VON MOLLENDORF (1724-1816)

COUNT NICOLAS FRANCOIS MOLLIEN (1758-1850)