Mainwaring, Arthur, editor of the Medley, and Whig pamphleteer
(1668-1712)
Malbranche, Nicholas, tried to adopt and explain the philosophy of
Descartes in the interests of theology (d. 1715)
Mallet, David, a literary adventurer who collaborated with Thomson
in writing the masque Alfred in which the song “Rule Britannia” was
produced (1703-65)
Malone, Edmund, an eminent Shakesperian scholar, who also wrote a Life
of Reynolds and a Life of Dryden (1741-1812)
Manfred, King of the Two Sicilies who struggled for his birthright
against three popes, who excommunicated him and gave his kingdom to
Charles of Anjou, fighting against whom he fell in 1266
Manichees, the sect founded by Mani (who declared himself to be the
Paraclete) which held a blend of Magian, Buddhist, and Christian
principles
Manlius, the Roman hero who in B.C. 390 saved Rome from the Gauls, and
who was later put to death on a charge of treason
Marat, Jean Paul, a fanatical democrat whose one fixed idea was
wholesale slaughter of the aristocracy; assassinated by Charlotte Corday
(1743-93)