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* McGILL COLLEGE AND TJNIVEKSITY. 615 MacGKEGOR. trative officer, and is ex-olTicio viee-chaiicellor. The fellows, forty-three in number, are selected with reference to representation of all the facul- ties of alliliated colleges and of other bodies. The university had a total attendance, in 1!I02, of M students and a faculty of 76. The lilirary contained 92,000 volumes. The endowment of the university was .$3,009,994, its grounds and buildings were valued at .$2,2b5,9G4, and its gross income was about .1:410.000. MACGILLICUDDY REEKS, m'gil'li-kud'- di reks. A group of mountains in the south- western part of Ireland (ilap: Ireland, B 4). They rise from the western shores of the Lakes of Killarney to the height of 3414 feet, being the highest peaks in the island, and are noted for the beauty of their scenery. McGILLIVRAY, m'-gil'i-vra, ALEXANnER (c.1740-93). A noted cliief of the Creek In- dians, tlie son of a Scotch trader by a half- breed woman. He was well educated at Charles- ton and was afterwards placed by his father with a mercantile firm in Savannah, where he remained but a short time, when he re- turneil to the Creek country and became a partner in the firm of Panton, Forbes & Les- lie, which had almost a monopoly of the Creek trade. On the death of his mother, who came of ruling stock, he succeeded to the chicfship, but refused to accept it until called to it by a formal council, when he assumed the title of Emperor of the Creek Xation. His paternal estates having been confiscated by Georgia on the outbreak of the Revolution, he joined the British side with all his warriors and was a prominent instigator in the border hostilities until 1790, wlien he visited Xew York with a large retinue and made a treaty of peace with tlie United States on behalf of his tribe. In accordance with special instructions from Washington to do everything possible to secure his inllucnce for the T'nited States, he and his party were entertained by the Tammany Society, while JIcGillivray was persuaded to resign his commission as colonel in the Spanish service for the commission of major-general in the service of the United States. He continued to rule as principal chief of the Creek Nation until his death. lIcGillivray's character exhibits a curious mix- ture of Scotch shrewdness, French love of dis- play, and Indian secretivcness. At his residence in Little Talftssee, on the Coosa, a few miles above the present Wetumpka, Ala., he kept a liandsome house with extensive quartei's for his negro slaves. In the Indian wars McGillivray tried, so far as possible, to prevent unnecessary cruelties, being noted for his kindness to captives, and his last work was an effort to bring teachers among his people. On the other hand, he con- formed much to the Indian custom, and managed Ills negotiations with England. Spain, ami the United States with such adroitness that he was able to play off one against the other, holding commissions by turn in the service of all three. McGILLIVRAY, William (1796 1S.52). A Scotch naturalist, born at Old Aberdeen. He graduated at King's College, Aberdeen, and de- voted himself to his favorite study of natural history. In 1823 he was appointed keeper of the nniseum in the university, and in 1S31 he re- ceived a similar appointment in the Royal Col- lege of Surgeons at Edinburgh. In 1841 he was appointed profes.sor of natural history in Marl- schal College and the University of Aberdeen. His writings include: Hyslematic Arrangement of liritUh I'Uints (1830; 10th ed. 1858); Uis- lury of Urilisli Ilirds (1837-.52) ; and A Manual of llrilish Drnitholuijy (1840-42). His edition (the 0th, enlarged, 1845) of Thomas Brown's Vuncholoyist's Text-Book was much used. McGLYNN', EuWARD (18371900). An Ameri- can Roman Catholic clergyman. He was born in Xew York, September 27, 1837, of Irish parents. He was educated at the Propaganda in ' Rome, was ordained there, and in 18(!li became ' pastor of Saint Stephen's Church in Xew York, - but in 1880 was removed by the Archbishop, on account of his opposition to parochial schools, an<l especially because of his persistent advocacy of Henr3' CJeorge's single-ta.x theories, which were declared at variance with Roman Catholic teachings. He was soon after sununoned to Rome to give an account of himself, but he refused to go. On the contrary, he boldly advocated in public the doctrine 'no politics from Rome.' In duly, 1887, he was excommunicated. In Decem- ber, 1892, after a hearing before the Apostolic Delegate, Mgr. Satolli, he made his submission and was restored to his priestly functions. He was in charge of a parish at Xewburgh, X. Y., until his death, .January 7, 1900. He aided in founding the Anti-Poverty Society, and became its president (1887). McGBEADY, m'-gra'di, James (c.1760-1817 ). A Presbyterian minister and revivalist. He was born in western Pennsylvania. After a course of study preparatory to entering the ministry in the school of Dr. .John McMillan, of Cannonsburg, Pa., he was licensed to preaoii in 1788. He then labored as a minister in Xorth Carolina, and in 1796 removed to southwestern Kentucky. The great revival of 1800, which marked an epoch in the religious history of the region west of the AUeghanies, began under his ministrations. He introduced camp meetings. His employment as preachers of young men not ordained and with- out education aroused opposition in the Presby- terian Church, one of the conscipiences of which was the organization of the Cumljcrland Presby- terian Church. He was censured by his Presby- terian brethren, but ultimately nuide his peace with the Church, and returned to his former l)resbytery. A collection of his sermons was pub- lished after his death (vol. i., Louisville, 1831: vol. ii., Xashville, 1833). Consult: Edson, Early Presbyterianism in Indiana (1898) ; Smith, His- tory of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Foote, fiketehes of North Carolina. Ilistorical and Bio(jrapliieal ,(New York, 1830; second series, 1855) ; Davidson, History of the Presby- terian Church in the State of Kentucky, etc. (Xew York, 1847). MacGREGOR, m'-greg'or, .Tames (1830—). A minister of the Free Church of Scotland, born at Callander, Perthshire, .January fi, 1830. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh and at Xew College. After a successful period as minister in Edinburgh and Paisley, he was ap- pointed professor of s^'stenlatic theology in Xew College. Edinburgh ('1868). In 1 882" he went to Xew Zealand, where he becanie minister of Colnmba Church, Oaniaru. -Vmong his many publications are: Text-Book on Christian Doc- trine (1861); The Sabbath Question (1865);