Muhlenberg, Gotthilf Henry Ernst – Munde, Paul Fortunatus
Muhlenberg, Gotthilf Henry Ernst
clergyman, author, was born Nov. 11, 1753, in Trappe, Pa. He was a lutheran divine of Philadelphia, famous as a botanist in his day; and the author of Cantalogus Plantarum Americæ Septentrionalis; and English and German Lexicon and Grammar. He died May 23, 1815, in Lancaster, Pa.
Muhlenberg, Henry Augustus
clergyman, congressman, was born May 13, 1782, in Lancaster, Pa. He was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to congress in 1828, and served from 1829 until 1838, when he resigned his seat and accepted the mission to Austria, about that time created. In 1835 he was the candidate of a portion of the democratic party for governor; and in 1838 was appointed minister to Austria. He died Aug. 12, 1844, in Reading, Pa.
Muhlenberg, Henry Augustus
JR., lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in July, 1823, in Reading, Pa.
He was elected to the Pennsylvania state senate in 1848, of which body he at once became a leading member. He wrote a Life of General Muhlenberg. He was elected a member of the thirty-third congress. He died Jan. 9, 1854, in Washington.
Muhlenberg, John Peter Ga- Briel
bishop, soldier, congressman, United States senator, was born Oct. 1, 1746, in Trappe, Pa. In 1774 he was elected to the house of burgesses of Virginia. He raised the eighth Virginia regiment, and was made its colonel. In 1777 he was made brigadier-general. After the war he was elected vice-president of Pennsylvania; was a presidential elector in 1797; and was a member of the first, third and sixth congresses from Pennsylvania. He was United States senator in 1801, which office he resigned in 1802. He was appointed supervisor of revenue for Pennsylvania in that year; and was appointed collector of the port of Philadelphia.
Muhlenberg college was named after him.
He died Oct. 1, 1807, near Philadelphia.
Muhlenberg, William Augus- Tus
clergyman, author, poet, was born Sept. 16, 1796, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a distinguished episcopal clergyman, rector of the Church of the Holy Communion in New York city in 1846-77. He was the founder of St. Luke's hospital, and organized the first protestant sisterhood in America. His hymn, I Would not Live Alway, is widely known. He was the author of Church Poetry; Music of the Church; People's Psalter; Evangelical Catholic Papers; Christ and the Bible;.
Family Prayers; Letters on Protestant Sisterhoods; St. Johnland; and Ideal and Actual. He died April 8, 1877, in New York city.
Muir, James
clergyman, author, was born April 12, 1757, in Scotland. He was a presbyterian clergyman of Alexandria, Va.; and the author of An Examination of the Principles in the Age of Reason, in Ten Discourses; and Sermons. He died Aug. 20, 1820, in Alexandria, Va.
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.
Mulford, Prentice
journalist, author, was born in 1834 in Long Island. He was a journalist of New York city and San Francisco; and the author of The Swamp Angel; Life by Land and Sea; and Your Forces and How to Use Them.
Mullany, James Robert Madi- Son
naval officer, was born Oct. 26, 1818, in New York city. He was actively engaged in the Mexican and civil wars, and attained the rank of commodore. He died Sept. 17, 1887, in Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Mullany, Patrick Francis
educator, author, was born June 29, 1847, in Ireland. He was a Roman catholic educator of the order of Brothers of the Christian Schools; president of Rock Hill college in 1878-89, and subsequently a resident of New York city. He was the author of The Development of English Literature: Old English Period; Philosophy of Literature; Psychological Aspects of Education; Address on Thinking; Aristotle and the Christian Church; Culture of the Spiritual Sense; and Phases of Thought and Criticism. He died in 1893.
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.
Mulligan, John
railroad president, was born Jan. 12, 1820, in Hartford, Conn.
Since 1890 he has been president of the Connecticut River railroad.
Mullin, Joseph
congressman, was born in Ireland. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1847 to 1849.
Mullins, James
soldier, legislator, congressman, was born Sept. 15, 1807, in Bedford county, Tenn. In 1831 he was made a colonel of militia; and from 1840 to 1846 was a county sheriff. He was a delegate to the Nashville convention of 1865; and was elected to the state legislature in the same year, and made speaker. In 1867 he was elected a representative from Tennessee to the fortieth congress. con-
Mulvany, Peter
merchant, tractor, poet, was born Nov. 20, 1844, in Ireland. He is a successful merchant, hotel keeper, railroad contractor and builder of Salida, Colo. For twelve years he has been a director in the Salida Building and Loan association. He is the author of a number of meritorious poems, and has contributed extensively to the periodical press on educational and other topics.
Mumford, George
legislator, congressman, was born in Rowan county, N. C. He represented it in the general assembly in 1810 and 1811; and was a representative in congress from 1817 to 1819. He died Dec. 31, 1818, in Washington.
Mumford, Gurdon S
congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1805 to 1811.
Munday, John William
lawyer, author, was born in 1844 in Indiana. He is a lawyer of Chicago; and the author of The Spanish Galleon; and The Lost Canyon of the Toltecs, both tales of adventure for boys.
Munde, Paul Fortunatus
physician, author, was born Sept. 7, 1846, in Saxony. He is a prominent New York physician; and the author of Obstetric Palpation; Minor Surgical Gynæcology; and Management of Pregnancy.