Marli, a royal (now presidential) country-house ten miles west from
Paris
Marsilio Ficino, an eminent Italian Platonist, noted for his purity of
life and for his aid to the Renaissance (1433-99)
Mason William, friend and biographer of Gray; wrote Caractacus and some
odes (1725-97)
Massillon, Jean Baptiste, famous French preacher, Bishop of Clermont, a
master of style and persuasive eloquence. (1663-1742)
Master of the Sentences, Peter Lombard, a disciple of Abelard and one of
the most famous of the “Schoolmen” of the twelfth century
Maximin, surnamed Thrax--“the Tracian.” Roman Emperor, 235-38. His cruel
tyranny led to a revolt in which he was murdered by his own soldiers