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 dramatic satire called 'Cloacina' in 1775, and he continued to write essays and letters for the 'Morning Chronicle' and the 'London Gazette' till his death on 5 Dec. 1799. In 1802 his collected works were published in two volumes, consisting of essays, letters, poems, and other trifles. Man's daughter, Emma Claudiana, died at Sevenoaks on 14 Aug. 1858. A.E.J.L.  MAN or MAIN, JAMES (1700?–1761), philologist, born about 1700 at White wreath, in the parish of Elgin, Morayshire, was educated first at the parish school of Longbride, and afterwards at King's College, Aberdeen, where he graduated M.A. in 1721. He was then appointed schoolmaster of Tough, Aberdeenshire, and in 1742 master of the poor's hospital in Aberdeen. He proved a very useful superintendent of the hospital, to which at his death in 1761 he left more than half the little property he had accumulated.

Man's zeal for the character of George Buchanan led him to join the party of Scottish scholars who were dissatisfied with Thomas Ruddiman's edition of Buchanan's works published in 1715. Man exposed the errors and defects of Ruddiman's edition in 'A Censure and Examination of Mr. Thomas Ruddiman's Philological Notes on the Works of the great Buchanan. . . more particularly on the History of Scotland. . . containing many particulars of his Life,' 8vo, Aberdeen, 1753. This treatise, which extends to 574 pages, is learned and acute, but very abusive. Ruddiman replied in his ' Anti-crisis,' 1754, and in 'Audi alteram partem,' 1756 [see ].

Man made collections for an edition of Arthur Johnston's poems, which were in the possession of Professor Thomas Gordon of Aberdeen, and was encouraged by many presbyterian ministers to undertake a history of the church of Scotland. He only completed an edition of Buchanan's 'History of Scotland,' which was issued at Aberdeen in 1762.  MAN, JOHN (1512–1569), dean of Gloucester, was born in 1512 at Laycock, Wiltshire, according to Wood, though the records of Winchester College name Winterbourne Stoke, in that county, as his birthplace (, Winchester Scholars, p. 112). He was admitted into Winchester College in 1523, and was elected to New College, Oxford, where he became a probationer fellow, 28 Oct. 1529, being made perpetual fellow two years afterwards. He graduated B.A. 20 July 1533, and M.A. 13 Feb. 1537-8 (, Fasti Oxon. ed. Bliss, i. 95, 105). On 9 April 1 540 he was appointed the southern proctor of the university. Being suspected of heresy, he was expelled from New College, but in 1547 he was made principal of White Hall, afterwards absorbed in Jesus College.

Soon after Elizabeth's accession he was appointed chaplain to Archbishop Parker, who nominated him to the wardenship of Merton College in 1562 (, Annals, ed. Gutch, ii. 149). On 2 Feb. 1565-6 he was installed dean of Gloucester (, Fasti, ed. Hardy, i. 443). Queen Elizabeth on 12 Jan. 1566-7 despatched him to Spain as her ambassador, 'with 3l. 6s. 8d. diet.' Her majesty is reported to have punned upon his mission, saying that as the Spaniard has sent her a goose-man (Guzman) she could not return the compliment better than by sending him a man-goose. While at Madrid he was accused of having spoken somewhat irreverently of the pope, and was in consequence first excluded from court, and subsequently compelled to retire from the capital to a country village where his servants were forced to attend mass (, Annals, ed. 1635, p. 91). On 4 June 1568 the queen recalled him to England. The bill of the costs of transportation of himself, his men, and his 'stuft'e' from the court of England to the court of Spain is preserved among the Cottonian manuscripts in the British Museum (Vespasian C. xiii. f. 407), and was printed by Sir Henry Ellis in the 'Gentleman's Magazine' for October 1856. The total expense, including diet, was 399l. 8s. l0d. Many of his official letters from Spain are preserved among the manuscripts in the University Library, Cambridge (Mm. iii. 8). Man died in London on 18 March 1568-9, and was buried in the chancel of St. Anne's Church, near Aldersgate.

By his wife Frances, daughter of Edmund Herendon, mercer, of London, he had several children, and Wood states that some of his posterity lived at Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex.

He published : 'Common places of Christian Religion, gathered by Wolfgungus Musculus, for the vse of suche as desire the knowledge of Godly truthe, translated out of Latine into Englishe. Hereunto are added two other treatises, made by the same Author, one of Othes, and an other of Vsurye,' Lond. 1563, fol., with dedication to Archbishop Parker ; reprinted London, 1578, 4to. 