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Muir, John – Mulligan, James A

Muir, John

scientist, explorer, author, was born in 1838 in Scotland. He is a noted California scientist and explorer, discoverer of the Muir Glacier in Alaska; and the author of The Mountains of California.

Muldrow, Henry Lowndes

soldier, lawyer, legislator, congressman, was born in Mississippi. He served in the confederate army from 1861 to 1865, rising to the rank of colonel. He was district attorney for the sixth judicial district of Mississippi from 1869 to 1871. He was elected a representative in the state legislature in 1875; and was elected a representative from Mississippi to the fortyfifth, forty-sixth, forty-seventh and fortyeighth congresses as a democrat.

Mulford, Elisha

clergyman, author, was born Nov. 19, 1833, in Montrose, Pa. He was an episcopal clergyman of Cambridge, lecturer in the Episcopal Theological school there, and prominent among broad church thinkers. He was the author of The Nation; The Foundations of Civil Order and Political Life in the United States; and The Republic of God. He died Dec. 9, 1885, in Cambridge, Mass.

Mullen, Tobias

bishop, was born in 1818 in Ireland. He was consecrated bishop of Erie in 1868.

Muller, Albert A

poet, clergyman, was born about 1800 in Charleston, S. C. One of his poems was largely copied in the newspapers and appeared as the first piece in the early American editions of Moore's Sacred Melodies. He published a volume of poems, which attracted much attention.

Muller, Carl Christian

author, musician, was born July 3, 1831, in Germany. He was leader of the orchestra at the old Barnum's museum; and since 1879 he has been professor of harmony of the New York College of Music.

Muller, Nicholas

banker, legislator, congressman, was born Nov. 15, 1836, in Germany. He was a promoter of and director in the Germania bank of New York city. He was a member of the state assembly in 1875 and 1876; and of the democratic state central committee in 1875. He was elected a representative from New York to the forty-fifth and forty-sixth congresses; was also elected to the forty-eighth and forty-ninth congresses as a democrat.

Muller, Nikolaus

poet, was born in 1809 in Germany. He was a German poet who emigrated to New York city in 1853 and established himself there as a printer. He died in 1873.

Muller, Richard A

artist, engraver, was born March 27, 1850, in Bavaria, Germany. He has attained eminence as an artist and engraver on wood. MÜLLER-URY, ADOLPH FELIX, portrait painter, was born Feb. 28, 1862, in Switzerland. Among his most important portraits are Cardinal Gibbons; Chauncey M. Depew; J. J. Hill of St. Paul; and a full-size portrait of Gen. Grant.

Mullett, James

lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born Oct. 17, 1784, in Wittingham, Vt. He was admitted to the bar in 1814; and in 1823 was elected to the New York legislature, serving two terms. In 1846 he was made attorney for Buffalo, and in 1847 he became justice of the supreme court of New York. He died Sept. 10, 1858.

Mulligan, James A

soldier, was born June 25, 1830, in Utica, N. Y. In 1850 he graduated from the university of St. Mary's-of-the- Lake of Chicago; published a Roman catholic paper; and in 1857 began practicing law in Chicago. When the civil war opened he organized and was chosen colonel of the twenty-third Illinois regiment, known as the Irish brigade. He was fatally wounded July 24, 1864, at the battle of Winchester, and died two days later.