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Rh MALCOM, Howard, clergyman, b. in Philadel- piiia, Pa., 19 Jan., 1799 ; d. there, 25 :March, 1879. He was graduated at Dickinson in 1818, and at Princeton theological seminary in 1821, and held pastorates in Hudson, N. Y., and Boston, Mass. From 1839 till 1849 he was president of the college in Georgetown, Ky., and from 1851 till 1858 of the University of Lewisburg, Pa., having abandoned preaching from failure of the voice. He filled in both institutions the chair of meta- physics and moral philosophy. He then removed to Philadelphia, where he was president of Hah- nemann medical college from 1874 till 1879. The degree of D. D. was conferred on him by the Uni- versity of Vermont and Union college, N. Y., in 1841, and that of LL. D. by Lewisburg in 1858. He was a founder of the American tract society, of which he was vice-president, president of the American Baptist historical society, honorary president of the American peace society, and an active member of the American Sunday-school union, visiting nearly every city in the United States in its behalf. In 1835 he was sent to in- spect Baptist missions in India. Burmah, Siam. and China. He was the author of " Dictionary of the Bible " (Boston, 1828) ; '• Nature and Extent of the Atonement " (1829) ; " Christian Rule of Marriage " (1830) ; " Travels in Southeastern Asia " (2 vols., 1839) ; an " Index to Religious Literature " (Phila- delphia, 1809) ; and several pamphlets, and edited " Hymns for the Conference " (Hudson, 1822). and various standard religious works. — His son. Thom- as Shields, clergyman, b. in Hudson, N. Y., 23 March, 1821 : d. in Philadelphia, Pa., 5 Jan., 1886, was graduated at Brown in 1839, studied in Prince- ton theological seminary, and in 1841 was licensed to preach. He then went to Kentucky, and on 8 July, 1842, was ordained pastor of a Baptist church in Louisville, but in 184(3 he went to Phila- delphia, as corresponding secretary of the Ameri- can Baptist publication society. In 1866 he be- came secretary of the Pennsylvania colonization society, and he served as such until about 1877. Mr. Malcora was a constant contributor to the secular and religious press, but his only publication was a tract entitled " One Honest Effort," which has appeared in eight different languages and of which several million copies have been circulated (New Y^ork, 1851). Mr. Malcom was a man of rare schol- arly attainments, and no benevolent enterprise or good work that he touched failed to derive addi- tional strength and influence from his exertions.

MALDONADO, Diego (mal-do-nah'-do), Spanish adventurer, b. in Salamanca, Spain, toward the end of the 15th century ; d. in Cuzco, Peru, in 1564. He came to Peru with Francisco Pizarro, and participated in the capture of the emperor Atahualpa, receiving a large share of the silver and gold that the latter gave for his ransom. In 1534 he was appointed alderman of Cuzco. In 1537 he was induced by the other members of the common council to sign an act declaring Almagro to be governor of the southern part of Peru ; but the latter, knowing Maldonado to be his enemy, put him in prison, where he remained till Alma- gro's execution in 1538. After the assassination of Pizarro and the usurpation of the younger Alma- gro, Maldonado fled to Panama, and, returning with the governor Vaca de Castro, went to Cuzco and persuaded Holguin, who res'sted Almagro, to join the governor. When Gonzalo Pizarro revolt- ed in 1544, Maldonado retired to Andahuaylas, re- solving to remain neutral, but Pizarro forced hin] to accept the place of chief justice. He soon de- clared for the vicerov ^'ela, but when the latter was defeated and killed in Afuiquito, in 1546, Mal- donado was pardoned by Pizarro. He was closely watched, however, and, fearing for his life, fled and joined the army of the new president, De la Gas- ca. After the defeat of Pizarro in Sacsahuana in 1548, he retired to Cuzco till the revolution of Go- dinez, against whom he did good service. He lived afterward at Cuzco, enjoying his wealth, and in 1556 founded a hospital for the Indians in that city. His estate is still in the possession of his family. He was buried in the cathedral of Cuzco.

MALE, Job, donor, b. in Somersetshire, England, 24 Aug.. 1808. He came with his parents to America in 1816, and began to earn his livelihood by attending the toll-gate on the turnpike between Jersey City and Newark, N. J. His early education was limited to a few months' attendance at school and to the knowledge he was able to acquire while learning his trade, that of a carpenter. He was employed by the Union ferry company to build their ferry-houses in New York and Brooklyn from 1838 till i845. He was the superintendent of con- struction for the New Jersey railroad and trans- portation company from 1853 till 1859, and built their docks, ferry-houses, and depots at Jersey City. He was also a member of the board of education in Jersey City in 1863-'7, for twenty years a director of the Hudson county national bank, and its presi- dent in 1873-'8. In 1807 he removed to Plainfield. N. J., and in 1809 became the first mayor of tliat city and was re-elected in 1877 and 1887. In 1875 he gave to the Muhlenberg hospital in Plainfield the ground on which their building now stands. In 1884 he built and gave to the city of Plainfield a library and art-gallery, to be known as the Job Male library and ai't-gallery. This gift is valued at $25,000, and tlie building already contains works of art worth $10,000 and about 7.000 books.

'''MALIBRAN. Maria Felicia''', vocalist, b. in Paris, 24 March. 1808; d. in jIanchester, England. 23 Sept., 1836. She was the eldest daughter of Manuel Garcia {q. v.), and was musically educated by her father. She appeared early at several con- certs, and in 1825 performed in London with the Italian opera company. In the autunm of 1825 she came to the United States with tlie trouj)e that had been organized by Garcia, and here, at his in- stigation and against her wishes, she married a French merchant, Eugene Malibran. on 23 March, 1826. Her husband was apparently opulent, but within a year after the marriage failed disgraceful- ly in business, and was incarcerated. This unhap- py development led to their separation. In the autumn of 1826 the wife returned to Europe and in the spring of the following year made her ap- pearance in Paris, with remarkable success. She ever afterward nuiintained a high rank among the vocalists of her time. In 1836 she was legally di- vorced, by French law, from Malibran, and soon afterward married Charles Auguste de Beriot. Madame M^dibran spoke five languages with al- most equal fluency, and was an accomjilished pi- anist. She also composed several ballads and ro- mances, some of which have been published and are still occasionally sung. Her forte was dramatic song, in which she often inipi'ovised " tours de force" with wondeii'ul oireet. Her voice, a mezzo- soprano of uncommon compass, was somewhat weak in its middle register. Originality, dramatic intensity, and personal magnetism aided in her success. Halleck paid poetical tributes to her.

MALINCOIRT, Hector Charles (mal-ang-koor). West Indian poet. b. in Gritt'on, Guadeloupe, in 1703; d. there in 1750. He was a slave, and showed in infancy a strong disposition for poetry,