Tag: Biography
Niccolo Machiavelli Niccolo Machiavelli, (1469-1527). Italian writer and politician. By the age of 29 he held important government posts and travelled as a diplomat in Europe. When the Medicis …
John McEnroe John McEnroe, (Patrick) (1959- ). US tennis player, The 18-year-old McEnroe came to prominence when he reached the semi-finals on his first Wimbledon appearance (1977). He went …
Ramsay MacDonald Macdonald, (James) Ramsay (1866-1937). British statesman. He joined the Independent Labour party in 1894, soon after its foundation, and became an MP in 1906. Having become party …
Joseph McCarthy Joseph McCarthy, (1908-57). US Republican politician. He caused a nationwide sensation in 1950 with his al-legations that there were 205 communists working in the State Department. His …
Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Lord Thomas Babington (1800-59). British historian, poet, and statesman. A Whig and an opponent of slavery from his youth, he served as an MP from …
Douglas MacArthur Douglas MacArthur, (1880-1964). US general. The son of a US governor of the Philippines, he trained at West Point and served in World War I. He was …
John McAdam John McAdam, (1756-1836). Scottish inventor. He experimented with road construction in Ayreshire, Cornwall, and Bristol and developed a method that used a raised core of large rocks …
Martin Luther Martin Luther, (1483-1546). German leader of the Protestant Reformation. The son of a miner, he became an Augustinian monk, was ordained as a priest (1507), and taught …
