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MENSHIKOFF, ALEXANDER DANILOVITCH (1672-1729), 

 a Russian prince and statesman, son of poor parents. 



MERIAN, MARIA SIBYLLA (1647-1717) [54], a Swiss natu- 

 ralist, daughter of Matthaus Merian (1593-1651), an engraver. 



METTERNICH, CLEMENS WENZEL NEPOMUK LO- 

 TH AR (1773-1859), an Austrian statesman. 



MEYERBEER, GIACOMO (1794-1864), a German composer. 

 His brother, Wilhelm Beer (1797-1850), was an astronomer, and his 

 brother, Michael Beer (1800-1833), was a dramatist. 



MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873) [33], an English philoso- 

 pher, son of James Mill (1773-1836), also a philosopher. 



MILLAIS, JOHN EVERETT (1829), an English painter. 



MILLER, HUGH (1802-1856), a Scottish geologist, son of Hugh 

 Miller by his second wife. 



MILNE-EDWARDS, HENRI (1800-1885) [A], a French natu- 

 ralist of English descent. His brother, William Frederick Edwards 

 (1777-1842), was a physician. 



MILTON, JOHN (1608-1674) [45], an English poet, son of John 

 Milton (1563-1647), who was a musician. 



MIRABEAU, GABRIEL HONORE RIQUETTI (1749-1791) 

 [34], a French author and statesman, son of Victor Riquetti Mirabeau 

 (1715-1789), an author who was son of Jean Antoine Mirabeau, who 

 especially distinguished himself in the battle of Cassano in 1705. 



MOHAMMED (570-632) [25], founder of the Mussulman re- 

 ligion, son of Abdallah (545-57) [4^+], a merchant who was tenth 

 son of Abd al Muttalib, who was born before 499, and who was son 

 of Hashim, who was a younger son of Abd Menaf, who was a younger 

 son of Cossai. Hashim was "advanced in years" when he married 

 Salma, a widow with two sons. His mother was Amina, daughter of 

 Wahb, chief of the tribe of Benu Zahra. 



MOLIERE, assumed name of Jean Baptiste Poquelin (1622-1673), 

 a French dramatist, son of Jean Poquelin. 



MOLTKE, HELMUTH KARL BERNHARD VON (1800-1891) 



