Rabbi Judah Monis (1683 - 1764)

America’s first Hebrew instructor. He taught at Harvard University for 38 years, from 1722-1760. He was one of the earlist Jewish converts to Christianity in the United States. In 1735, he published the first Hebrew grammar textbook in North America. (bio by: Rich H.)  Family links:  Spouse:  Abigail Marrett Monis (1701 – 1760)* *Calculated relationship […]

Tatsukichi Minobe (1873 - 1948)

Scholar of constitutional law. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)

James Millikin (1827 - 1909)

Founder of Millikin University and James Millikin National Bank, both in Decatur, Illinois.  Beginning as one of the first easterners to drive cattle west in the 1850s, James Millikin gradually became a respected livestock broker and a wealthy landowner.  In 1860, he divested his holdings to start the James Millikin National Bank, which remains a […]

Robert Andrews Millikan (1868 - 1953)

Physicist. Born in Morrison, Illinois, he was a doctor of physics and electronics scientist. As a scientist, he made numerous momentous discoveries in the fields of electricity, optics and molecular physics. In 1923, he was honored with the Nobel Prize for Physics for his study of the elementary electronic charge and the photoelectric effect. He […]

Sanji Mikami (1970 - 1970)

Historian. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)

Gen Troy Houston Middleton (1889 - 1976)

US Army Lieutenant General. Born in Copiah County, Mississippi, he was commissioned an officer in the US Army in 1912. In World War I, he was the youngest Colonel commanding combat American forces and was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for his actions in the Meuse-Arognne offensive. During World War II, he was Commanding […]

Jesse Mercer (1769 - 1841)

Religious Leader, Educator. He was the founder of Mercer University which was originaly located in Penfield, Georgia, later to be relocated in Macon, Georgia.  He started the “Christain Index” (formerly the “Christina Star”), and served as clerk of the Georgia Baptist Associaton from 1795 until 1816. In 1813 his hymnal, “The Cluster of Spiritual Songs” […]

Philipp Melanchthon (1497 - 1560)

Educator, Theologian. Born by the name of Philipp Schwarzerdt, after his father’s death he moved with his grandmother Elisabeth to Pforzheim, where he attended the Latin school. There he met Elisabeth’s brother the humanist Johannes Reuchlin, who influenced his work. It was Reuchlin who suggested Phillipp to change his last name to the Greek equivalent […]

Philip Mechem (1892 - 1969)

Author and educator. With his father, Charles Mechem, he was of the country’s most famed and distinguished legal writers.  Family links:  Spouse:  Catharine Evans Mechem (1900 – 1970)* *Calculated relationship

William Holmes McGuffey (1800 - 1873)

Author, Educator. With his Brother Alexander, he wrote the “McGuffey Readers”, while a professor at Miami (Ohio) University from 1823-1836. He served as President of Cincinnati College from 1836- 1839, and President of Ohio University from 1839 to 1843. From 1843 to 1845 he served as President of Woodward College in Cincinnati, Ohio. He became […]

John McElroy (1782 - 1877)

Religious and Educational Leader.  He moved to America at age 21, attended Georgetown University and became a Jesuit lay brother in 1806.  McElroy taught at Georgetown and managed its finances until becoming a priest in 1817.  In 1822 he was appointed Pastor of St. John’s Church in Frederick, Maryland, where he remained for 23 years. […]

Joseph Nash McDowell (1805 - 1868)

Civil War Confederate Army Officer. Served as a Colonel and surgeon in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. After moving to St. Louis in 1840, he founded the medical department of Kemper College, later known as McDowell Medical College. In 1847 he erected the McDowell Medical College building, which became the medical department of […]

Dr Benjamin Elijah Mays (1894 - 1984)

Educator, Social Reformer. He served as President of Morehouse College from 1940 to 1967, and was an important mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Under his guidance, “The House” gained an international reputation for excellence in scholarship, leadership and service. He was himself a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Bates College and who earned […]

Shonen Matsumura (1970 - 1970)

Scholar of agricultural science. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)

Francis Martin (1970 - 1970)

Senior Fellow and Vice-Master of Trinity College/ (bio by: David Conway)

Alfred Marshall (1842 - 1924)

Alfred Marshall was born in Clapham, England, 26 July 1842. His father was a bank cashier and a devout Evangelical. Marshall grew up in the London suburb of Clapham and was educated at the Merchant Taylors’ School and St John’s College, Cambridge, where he demonstrated an aptitude in mathematics, achieving the rank of Second Wrangler […]

Auguste Mariette (1821 - 1881)

French Egyptologist. He founded the Egyptian Antiquities Service and the famous Egyptian Museum. He is best known for his four year excavations of the Serapeum at Saqqara. He died at Bulaq in 1881 and was buried in a sarcophagus which was later moved to the forecourt in Egyptian Museum in El Cairo.  (bio by: José […]

William Lort Mansel (1753 - 1820)

Bishop of Bristol, and Master of Trinity College Cambridge 1798-1820. (bio by: David Conway)

Horace Mann (1796 - 1859)

Educator. Born in Massachusetts, he was an educator and a statesman who greatly advanced the cause of universal, free, non-sectarian public schools. After graduation in 1819, he taught, studied law and entered politics, serving in the State Assembly 1827 to 1837. He was the first secretary to Massachusetts Commission to improve education and was the […]

Mary Lyon (1797 - 1849)

The daughter of a farming family in Buckland, Massachusetts, Mary Lyon had a hardscrabble childhood. Her father died when she was five, and the entire family pitched in to help run the farm. Lyon was thirteen when her mother remarried and moved away; she stayed behind in Buckland in order to keep the house for […]

Henry Richards Luard (1825 - 1891)

Historian and Registrar of Cambridge University. (bio by: David Conway)

A. Lawrence Lowell (1856 - 1943)

President of Harvard.  Family links:  Parents:  Augustus Lowell (1830 – 1900)  Katharine Bigelow Lawrence Lowell (1832 – 1895)  Spouse:  Anna Parker Lowell Lowell (1856 – 1930)*  Siblings:  Infant Lowell (____ – 1870)**  A. Lawrence Lowell (1856 – 1943)  Roger Lowell (1862 – 1863)*  Amy Lowell (1874 – 1925)* *Calculated relationship**Half-sibling

Bernard Daniel Jacques Loiseau (1951 - 2003)

Restaurateur. One of France’s top chefs, he was devastated when the renowned “GaultMillau” food guide cut the rating for his flagship restaurant and killed himself with a hunting rifle. (bio by: Ron Moody)

David Lipscomb (1831 - 1917)

Well known personality in the Church of Christ and founder of David Lipscomb College (Now David Lipscomb University) in Nashville. (bio by: Tim Crutchfield)  Family links:  Parents:  Granville Lipscomb (1802 – 1853)  Spouse:  Margaret O Zellner Lipscomb (1842 – 1926)*  Children:  Zellner Lipscomb (1863 – 1864)*  Siblings:  David Lipscomb (1831 – 1917)  John Lipscomb (1838 […]

(1913 - 1975)

Fellow of the Royal Society, Master of Sidney Sussex College (1970-1975) and Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University (1973-1975) (bio by: David Conway)

Henry George Liddell (1811 - 1898)

English classical scholar. Headmaster Westminster School 1846-1855; Dean of Christ Church, Oxford 1855-1898. Famous for his Greek- English Lexicon 1843. His daughter Alice was the inspiration for Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland.  Family links:  Children:  Alice Liddell (1852 – 1934)* *Calculated relationship

Leone Levi (1821 - 1888)

Instigated the establishment of Chambers of Commerce in Northern England, held first Chair of commerce at Kings College London.

Sir John Lestrange (1970 - 1970)

Fellow of the College (bio by: David Conway)

Anna Harriet Edwards Leonowens (1831 - 1915)

Folk Figure. Current scholarship indicates that Anna was born Ann Harriet Edwards in 1831 India to a British father, Thomas Edwards, a cabinetmaker, and a half British, half East Indian mother, Mary Anne Glasscott. In 1849, Anna met and married Thomas Leon Owens, a clerk. After the death of their first child they left India. […]

James Lenox (1800 - 1880)

Educator, Philanthropist. An American bibliophile, he was a founder of the Presbyterian Hospital, New York City. The son of a wealthy Scot merchant, he used his inheritance to acquire rare books and works of art. He donated his manuscripts and artwork to the City of New York, and the collection formed the foundation of the […]