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George MacDonald
George MacDonald
George MacDonald was a Scottish author and poet. Though no longer a household name, his works (particularly his fairy tales and fantasy novels) have…
Alexander MacFarlane
Alexander MacFarlane
Alexander Macfarlane was a Scottish-Canadian logician, physicist, and mathematician. Macfarlane, the inventor of hyperbolic quaternions, was very active in research and education. His resume…
Niccolo Machiavelli
Niccolo Machiavelli
Niccolo di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat, political philosopher, musician, poet, and playwright. He is a figure of the Italian Renaissance and…
James Madison
James Madison
James Madison was an American politician and political philosopher who served as the fourth President of the United States (1809 - 1817) and is…
Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall was born in Bo'ness, Scotland, and her father was John Marshall JP, an earthenware manufacturer. She was educated at a girls'…
Charles Robert Maturin
Charles Robert Maturin
Charles Robert Maturin, also known as C.R. Maturin, was a Irish clergyman and writer. He struggled throughout his life to make a living from…
Seumas McManus
Seumas McManus
Noted Irish storyteller Seumus Mcmanus published his first of several books in 1893. He also edited a prominent Irish literary magazine and frequently contributed…
Herman Melville
Herman Melville
Herman Melville was an American novelist, essayist and poet. During his lifetime, his early novels were popular, but his popularity declined later in his…
John Willis Menard
John Willis Menard
John Willis Menard was the first African-American elected to the U.S. Congress, in 1868. However, he was denied his seat. He was born on…
George E. Merrick
George E. Merrick
George Edgar Merrick was a real estate developer who is best known as the planner and builder of the city of Coral Gables, Florida…
Olive Thorne Miller
Olive Thorne Miller
Harriet Mann Miller was a naturalist, ornithologist and children’s writer. She was the wife of Watts Todd Miller and sometimes wrote under the pseudonym…
William Miller
William Miller
Scottish poet William Miller is best known for writing the beloved children’s poem, “Wee Willie Winkie.”
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery, publicly known as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author, best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of…
Clement Clarke Moore
Clement Clarke Moore
Clement Clarke Moore (1779 - 1863) was an American professor of Greek and Oriental Literature at Columbia College. He is the credited author of…
Kirk Munroe
Kirk Munroe
Kirk Munroe was an American author who wrote books of adventure for children. Born in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, he became familiar with Native…