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in 1893, being the second woman admitted to membership ; entered the Medical association of the District of Columbia in 1893, and the Medical society of the District of Columbia in 1894 ; was «lected an honorary member of the British Asso- ciation for the Advancement of Science for the year 1897, and was made honorary member of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United State:; in 1899. She was married, Feb. 14, 1888, to W. J. McGee, the geologist and anthropologist.

McGIFFERT, Arthur Cushman, educator, was born in Sauquoit, N.Y., March 4, 1861 ; son of Joseph Nelson and Harriet Whiting (Cushman) McGiflfert; grandson of James and Martha (Nel- son) McGiffert and of Ralph and Sophia (Moseley) Cushman, and a descendant of Robert Cushman, who came to Plymouth in the Fortune, and of Isaac Allerton, who came in the Mayflower. He was graduated from Western Reserve univer- sity, A.B., 1882, A.M., 1885, and from Union Theological seminary, New York, in 1885. He studied at the University of Berlin, 1885-86 ; at the University of Marburg, 1886-87, and in Paris and Rome, 1887-88. He was ordained by the presbytery of Cleveland, Sept. 10, 1888 ; was in- structor in church history at the Lane Theological seminary, Cincinnati, 1888-90, professor, 1890- 93, and became profes.9or of church history at Union Theological seminary in 1893. In 1898 the general assembly of the Presbyterian church pre- ferred charges against him based on his book, which they claimed to be heretical. The assem- bly requested him to reconsider his views, and if he felt unable to renounce them to leave the church voluntarily. This he declined to do, on the ground that his teachings were not inconsist- ent with the underlying principles of the Pres- byterian church. In December, 1899, the New York presbytery voted that the best interests of the church required the presbytery to disavow Dr. McGiffert's teachings but to pursue no further action against him, and in April, 1900, he entered the Congregational church. He took the degree of Ph.D. at the University of Marburg in 1888 and the honorary degree of D.D. was conferred upon him by Adelbert college in 1892. He is the author of: A Dialogue between a Christian and a Jew (1889); The Church History of Eiisebins (1890); Primitive and Catholic Christianity (1893); A History of Christianity in the Apostolic Age (1897); History and Theology (1898); The Problem of Christian Creeds as Affected by Modern Tliought (1901), and numerous contributions to magazines and reviews.
 * ' A History of Christianity in the Apostolic Age,"

McQILL, Alexander Taggart, educator, was born in Canonsburg, Pa., Feb. 24, 1807; son of John and Mary (Taggart) McGill ; grandson of Hugh McGill, and a descendant of Daniel McGill.

He was graduated from Jefferson college, Pa., A.B., 1826, A.M., 1829, and served as tutor in mathematics. He studied law in Georgia, 1826- 30, was admitted to the bar in Milledgeville, 1830, and by appointment from the Georgia legislature surveyed and made a map of the northwest sec- tion of the state in 1831. He studied theology in the Associate Presbyterian seminary, Canons- burg, Pa., 1831-34; was ordained by the pres- bytery of Carlisle in 1835. and was pastor in Cumberland, Perry and York counties, 1835-38. He was married May 15, 1837, to Eleanor A., daughter of the Hon. George McCullough, and after her death to Catherine B., daughter of the Rev. Charles Hodge, D.D., of Princeton, N.J. He connected himself with the old school Pres- byterian church in 1838 ; was pastor of the Sec- ond Presbyterian cliurch, Carlisle, Pa., 1838^2; professor of ecclesiastical history and church gov- ernment at Western Theological seminary, Alle- gheny, Pa., 1842-52, and professor in the Pres- byterian Theological seminary at Columbia, S.C, 1852-53. He returned to his chair at Western Theological seminary in 1853, and in 1854 was transferred to Princeton Theological seminary, where he was professor of pastoral theology, church government and the composition and delivery of sermons, 1854-59 ; of church history and practical theology, 1859-60 ; of ecclesiastical history and church government, 1860-61 ; of ec- clesiastical, homiletic and pastoral theology, 1861- 83, and was emeritus professor, 1883-89. He was moderator of the general assembly of the Presby- terian church in 1848 ; permanent clerk of the gen- eral assembly, 1850-62, and stated clerk, 1862-70. He received the degrees, D.D. from Marshall college. Pa., 1842, and LL.D. from the College of New Jersey, 1868. He contributed to reviews and is the author of : Church Oovernment, and The Ordinances of the Presbyterian Church. He died in Princeton, N. J., Jan. 13, 1889.

McQILL, Alexander Taggart, jurist, was born in Allegheny, Pa., Oct. 20, 1843; son of Alex- ander Taggart and Eleanor A. (McCullough) McGill, and grandson of John and Mary (Taggart) McGill and of the Hon. George McCullough. He removed to Princeton, N.J., with his parents, on his father's appointment to a professorship in Princeton Theological seminary in 1854, was graduated from the College of New Jersey, A.B., 1864, A.M., 1867. and from the Columbia Law school. New York city, A.B., 1868, and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1867. He settled in practice in Jersey City, N.J., in 1867 ; was counsel for the city of Bayonne. N.J., 1874-76; a representative in the state assembly from Hudson county, 1874- 76 ; prosecutor of the pleas of Hudson county, 1878-83 ; and president of the county courts, 1883-87. He was appointed chancellor of the