P. G. T.
PETER GUTHRIE TAIT, LL.D.
See the biographical article: TAIT, PETER GUTHRIE.
Maxwell, James Clerk.
P. Vi.
PAUL VINOGRADOFF, D.C.L., LL.D.
See the biographical article: VINOGRADOFF, PAUL.
Manor (_in part_).
R. A.*
ROBERT ANCHEL.
Archivist to the Department de l'Eure.
Louis XVI.;
Marat.
R. B. McK.
RONALD BRUNLEES MCKERROW, M.A.
Trinity College, Cambridge. Editor of _The Works of Thomas Nashe_;
&c.
Marprelate Controversy.
R. C. J.
SIR RICHARD CLAVERHOUSE JEBB, D.C.L., LL.D.
See the biographical article: JEBB, SIR RICHARD CLAVERHOUSE.
Lysias (_in part_).
R. G.
RICHARD GARNETT, LL.D., D.C.L.
See the biographical article: GARNETT, RICHARD.
Lucan (_in part_);
Max Müller.
R. H. C.
REV. ROBERT HENRY CHARLES, M.A., D.LITT.
Grinfield Lecturer on the Septuagint at Oxford, 1905-1907. Fellow
of the British Academy. Professor of Biblical Greek at Trinity
College, Dublin, 1898-1906. Hibbert Lecturer at Oxford, 1898;
Jowett Lecturer, 1898-1899. Author of _Critical History of a
Future Life_; &c.
Manasses, Prayer of.
R. J. M.
RONALD JOHN MCNEILL, M.A.
Christ Church, Oxford. Barrister-at-law. Formerly Editor of the
_St James's Gazette_, London.
Lundy, Robert;
Macdonnell, Sorley Boy;
McNeile, Hugh;
Manchester, Earls and Dukes of;
March, Earls of;
Margaret, Queen of Scotland;
Masham, Abigail.
R. K. D.
SIR ROBERT KENNAWAY DOUGLAS.
Formerly Professor of Chinese, King's College, London. Keeper of
Oriental Printed Books and MSS. at British Museum, 1892-1907.
Member of the Chinese Consular Service, 1858-1865. Author of _The
Language and Literature of China_; _China_; _Europe and the Far
East_; &c.
Manchuria.
R. L.*
RICHARD LYDEKKER, F.R.S., F.G.S., F.Z.S.
Member of the Staff of the Geological Survey of India, 1874-1882.
Author of _Catalogues of Fossil Mammals, Reptiles and Birds in the
British Museum_; _The Deer of all Lands_; _The Game Animals of
Africa_; &c.
Loris;
Macaque;
Machaerodus;
Mammalia (_in part_);
Mammoth (_in part_);
Manati;
Mandrill;
Marmot;
Marsupialia;
Mastodon.
R. M'L.
ROBERT M'LACHLAN, F.R.S.
Editor of the _Entomologists' Monthly Magazine_.
May-Fly (_in part_).
R. M. D.
RICHARD MOUNTFORD DEELEY, M.INST.CE., M.I.MECH.E., F.G.S.
Late Locomotive Superintendent, Midland Railway. Joint-author of
_Lubrication and Lubricants_.
Lubricants.
R. N. B.
ROBERT NISBET BAIN (d. 1909).
Assistant Librarian, British Museum, 1883-1909. Author of
_Scandinavia, the Political History of Denmark, Norway and Sweden,
1513-1900_; _The First Romanovs, 1613 to 1725_; _Slavonic Europe,
the Political History of Poland and Russia from 1469 to 1796_; &c.
Louis I. and II. of Hungary;
Malachowski;
Margaret, Queen;
Martinuzzi;
Matthias I., Hunyadi;
Matvyeev;
Mazepa-Koledinsky.
R. P.
REINHOLD PAULI.
See the biographical article: PAULI, REINHOLD.
Lübeck (_in part_).
R. P. S.
R. PHENÉ SPIERS, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A.
Formerly Master of the Architectural School, Royal Academy,
London. Past President of Architectural Association. Associate and
Fellow of King's College, London. Corresponding Member of the
Institute of France. Editor of Fergusson's _History of
Architecture_. Author of _Architecture: East and West_; &c.
Manor-House.
R. Po.
RENÉ POUPARDIN, D. ÈS L.
Secretary of the École des Chartes. Honorary Librarian at the
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. Author of _Le Royaume de Provence
sous les Carolingiens_; _Recueil des chartes de Saint-Germain_;
&c.
Lorraine;
Louis IV. and V. of France.
R. S. C.
ROBERT SEYMOUR CONWAY, M.A., D.LITT. (CANTAB.).
Professor of Latin and Indo-European Philology in the University
of Manchester. Formerly Professor of Latin in University College,
Cardiff; and Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
Author of _The Italic Dialects_.
Mamertini;
Marrucini;
Marsi.
R. T.
SIR RICHARD TEMPLE.
See the biographical article: TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD.
Mahrattas (_in part_).
R. We.
RICHARD WEBSTER, A.M. (PRINCETON).
Formerly Fellow in Classics, Princeton University. Editor of _The
Elegies of Maximianus_; &c.
Mather, Increase;
Mather, Richard.
S. A. C.
STANLEY ARTHUR COOK, M.A.
Lecturer in Hebrew and Syriac, and formerly Fellow, Gonville and
Caius College, Cambridge. Editor for Palestine Exploration Fund.
Examiner in Hebrew and Aramaic, London University, 1904-1908.
Author of _Glossary of Aramaic Inscriptions_; _The Laws of Moses
and the Code of Hammurabi_; _Critical Notes on Old Testament
History_; _Religion of Ancient Palestine_; &c.
Lot;
Manasseh.
S. Bi.
SHELFORD BIDWELL, M.A., D.SC., F.R.S. (1848-1909).
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Formerly President of the
Physical Society and Member of Council of the Royal Society.
Magnetism.
S. C.
SIDNEY COLVIN, LL.D.
See the biographical article: COLVIN, SIDNEY.
Marcantonio.
S. N.
SIMON NEWCOMB, LL.D., D.SC.
See the biographical article: NEWCOMB, SIMON.
Mars: _Planet_.
T. As.
THOMAS ASHBY, M.A., D.LITT., F.S.A.
Director of the British School of Archaeology at Rome.
Corresponding Member of the Imperial German Archaeological
Institute. Formerly Scholar of Christ Church, Oxford; Craven
Fellow, Oxford, 1897. Author of _The Classical Topography of the
Roman Campagna_; &c.
Lucania;
Lucca;
Lucena;
Lucretilis, Mons;
Lucus Feroniae;
Luna;
Magna Graecia;
Manduria;
Manfredonia;
Marches, The;
Marino;
Marzabotto.
T. Ba.
SIR THOMAS BARCLAY.
Member of the Institute of International Law. Member of the
Supreme Council of the Congo Free State. Officer of the Legion of
Honour. Author of _Problems of International Practice and
Diplomacy_; &c. M.P. for Blackburn, 1910.
Mare Clausum.
T. F. C.
THEODORE FREYLINGHUYSEN COLLIER, PH.D.
Assistant Professor of History, Williams College, Williamstown,
Mass., U.S.A.
Marcellus.
T. G. Br.
THOMAS GREGOR BRODIE, M.D., F.R.S.
Professor of Physiology in the University of Toronto. Author of
_Essentials of Experimental Physiology_.
Lymph and Lymph Formation.
T. H. H.*
SIR THOMAS HUNGERFORD HOLDICH, K.C.M.G., K.C.I.E., D.SC.
Superintendent, Frontier Surveys, India, 1892-1898. Gold
Medallist, R.G.S., London, 1887. Author of _The Indian
Borderland_; _The Countries of the King's Award_; _India_;
_Tibet_.
Makran.
T. M. L.
THOMAS MARTIN LINDSAY, LL.D., D.D.
Principal of the United Free Church College, Glasgow. Formerly
Assistant to the Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in the
University of Edinburgh. Author of _History of the Reformation_;
_Life of Luther_; &c.
Luther, Martin;
Lutherans.
T. R. R. S.
THOMAS ROSCOE REDE STEBBING, M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S.
Fellow of King's College, London. Hon. Fellow of Worcester
College, Oxford. Zoological Secretary of Linnaean Society,
1903-1907. Author of _A History of Crustacea_; _The Naturalist of
Cumbrae_; &c.
Malacostraca.
T. Se.
THOMAS SECCOMBE, M.A.
Balliol College, Oxford. Lecturer in History, East London and
Birkbeck Colleges, University of London. Stanhope Prizeman,
Oxford, 1887. Assistant Editor of _Dictionary of National
Biography_, 1891-1901. Author of _The Age of Johnson_; &c.
Marlowe, Christopher (_in part_);
Marston, Philip Bourke.
T. W. R. D.
THOMAS WILLIAM RHYS DAVIDS, M.A., PH.D., LL.D.
Professor of Comparative Religion in the University of Manchester.
Professor of Pali and Buddhist Literature, University College,
London, 1882-1904. President of the Pali Text Society. Fellow of
the British Academy. Secretary and Librarian of Royal Asiatic
Society, 1885-1902. Author of _Buddhism_; &c.
Lumbini;
Mahavamsa;
Maitreya.
V. H. S.
REV. VINCENT HENRY STANTON, M.A., D.D.
Ely Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge. Canon of
Ely. Formerly Fellow, Dean, Tutor and Lecturer of Trinity College,
Cambridge. Author of The _Jewish and the Christian Messiahs_; &c.
Mark, Gospel of St;
Matthew, Gospel of St;
Luke, Gospel of St.
W. A. B. C.
REV. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS BREVOORT COOLIDGE, M.A., F.R.G.S.
Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. Professor of English History,
St David's College, Lampeter, 1880-1881. Author of _Guide to
Switzerland_; _The Alps in Nature and in History_; &c. Editor of
the _Alpine Journal_, 1880-1889.
Lötschen Pass;
Lucerne: Canton, Town, Lake of;
Lugano, Lake of;
Maggiore, Lago.
W. A. G.
WALTER ARMSTRONG GRAHAM.
His Siamese Majesty's Resident Commissioner for the Siamese Malay
State of Kelantan. Adviser to his Siamese Majesty's Minister for
Lands and Agriculture. Author of _Kelantan, a Handbook_; &c.
Malay States: _Non-Federated_.
Malay States: _Siamese_.
W. A. P.
WALTER ALISON PHILLIPS, M.A.
Formerly Exhibitioner of Merton College and Senior Scholar of St
John's College, Oxford. Author of _Modern Europe_; &c.
Louis Philippe;
Mahmud II.;
Mass: _Church_.
W. D. L.
WILLIAM DRAPER LEWIS, LL.B., PH.D.
Dean of the Law School, University of Pennsylvania. Lecturer on
Economics, Haverford College, Pennsylvania, 1890-1896. Editor of
_Great American Lawyers_; &c.
Marshall, John.
W. E. A. A.
WILLIAM EDMUND ARMYTAGE AXON, LL.D.
Formerly Deputy Chief Librarian of the Manchester Free Libraries.
On Literary Staff of Manchester Guardian, 1874-1905. Member of the
Gorsedd, with the bardic name of Manceinion. Author of _Annals of
Manchester_; &c.
Manchester.
W. E. D.
WILLIAM ERNEST DALBY, M.A., M.INST.C.E., M.I.M.E.
Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the City and
Guilds of London Institute Central Technical College, South
Kensington. Formerly University Demonstrator in the Engineering
Department, Cambridge. Author of _The Balancing of Engines_;
_Valves and Valve-Gear Mechanism_; &c.
Mechanics: _Applied_ (_in part_).
W. E. G. F.
WILLIAM EDWARD GARRETT FISHER, M.A.
Author of _The Transvaal and the Boers_.
Marbles.
W. F.*
REV. WILLIAM FAIRWEATHER, M.A., D.D.
Minister of Dunnikier United Free Church, Kirkcaldy, N.B. Author
of _Maccabees_ (Cambridge Bible for Schools); _The Background of
the Gospels_; &c.
Maccabees;
Maccabees, Books of.
W. Ho.
WYNNARD HOOPER, M.A.
Clare College, Cambridge. Financial Editor of _The Times_, London.
Market.
W. H. F.
SIR WILLIAM HENRY FLOWER, F.R.S.
See the biographical article: FLOWER, SIR W. H.
Mammalia (_in part_);
Mammoth (_in part_);
Mandrill (_in part_);
Marten.
W. J. M. R.
WILLIAM JOHN MACQUORN RANKINE, LL.D.
See the biographical article: RANKINE, WILLIAM JOHN MACQUORN.
Mechanics: _Applied_ (_in part_).
W. L. C.*
WILLIAM LEE CORBIN, A.M.
Associate Professor of English, Wells College, Aurora, New York.
Mather, Cotton.
W. L. F.
WALTER LYNWOOD FLEMING, A.M., PH.D.
Professor of History in Louisiana State University. Author of
_Documentary History of Reconstruction_; &c.
Lynch Law;
McGillivray, Alexander.
W. L. G.
WILLIAM LAWSON GRANT, M.A.
Professor at Queen's University, Kingston, Canada. Formerly Beit
Lecturer in Colonial History at Oxford University. Editor of _Acts
of the Privy Council_, ("Colonial" series); _Canadian
Constitutional Development_ (in collaboration).
Mackenzie, William Lyon;
Manitoba (_in part_).
W. M. R.
WILLIAM MICHAEL ROSSETTI.
See the biographical article: ROSSETTI, DANTE G.
Luini;
Mantegna;
Martini;
Masaccio;
Masolino da Panicale.
W. M. Ra.
SIR WILLIAM MITCHELL RAMSAY, LL.D., D.C.L.
See the biographical article: RAMSAY, SIR WILLIAM MITCHELL.
Lycaonia.
W. P. C.
WILLIAM PRIDEAUX COURTNEY, D.C.L.
See the article: COURTNEY, L. H., BARON.
Marlborough, 1st Duke of.
W. R. S.
WILLIAM ROBERTSON SMITH, LL.D.
See the biographical article: SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON.
Malachi (_in part_);
Mecca.
W. Wn.
WILLIAM WATSON, D.SC, F.R.S.
Assistant Professor of Physics, Royal College of Science, London.
Vice-President of the Physical Society.
Magnetograph;
Magnetometer.
W. W. F.*
WILLIAM WARDE FOWLER, M.A.
Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford. Sub-Rector, 1881-1904. Gifford
Lecturer, Edinburgh University, 1908. Author of _The City-State of
the Greeks and Romans_; _The Roman Festivals of the Republican
Period_; &c.
Mars: _Mythology_;
Mauretania.
W. Y. S.
WILLIAM YOUNG SELLAR, LL.D.
See the biographical article: SELLAR, WILLIAM YOUNG.
Martial;
Lucilius (_in part_);
Lucretius.