(Encyclopedia) Mavrokordatos or Mavrocordatos, AlexanderMavrokordatos or Mavrocordatos, Alexanderboth: mävˌrôkôr-ᵺäˌtôs [key], 1791–1865, Greek patriot and statesman. He took an active part in the…
(Encyclopedia) Muir, AlexanderMuir, Alexandermy&oomacr;r [key], 1830–1906, Canadian songwriter, b. Scotland. In 1867 he wrote the words and music for “The Maple Leaf Forever,” which is regarded…
(Encyclopedia) Meiklejohn, AlexanderMeiklejohn, Alexandermĭkˈəljŏn [key], 1872–1964, American educator, b. Rochdale, England, grad. Brown Univ., 1893, Ph.D. Cornell, 1897. He taught philosophy at…
(Encyclopedia) Montgomerie, AlexanderMontgomerie, Alexanderməntgŭmˈərē [key], c.1556–c.1610, Scottish poet. His principal poem, The Cherry and the Sloe (1597), is a pedestrian and ambiguous allegory…
(Encyclopedia) Nasmyth, AlexanderNasmyth, Alexandernāˈsmĭth [key], 1758–1840, Scottish landscape and portrait painter. His Stirling Castle (National Gall., London) is a good example of his simple,…
(Encyclopedia) Averescu, AlexanderAverescu, Alexanderävĕrĕsˈk&oomacr; [key], 1859–1938, Romanian general and political leader. He served as a volunteer in the 1877–78 war against the Ottoman…
(Encyclopedia) Papagos, AlexanderPapagos, Alexanderpäˈpägôs [key], 1883–1955, Greek soldier and political leader. Commissioned an officer in the Greek army in 1906, he rose rapidly through the ranks…
(Encyclopedia) Bach, Alexander, 1813–93, Austrian politician. A well-known lawyer and liberal, he took part in the revolution of 1848 in Vienna, but after its suppression he joined the forces of…
(Encyclopedia) McDougall, AlexanderMcDougall, Alexanderməkd&oomacr;ˈgəl [key], 1731–86, American Revolutionary political leader and general, b. Islay, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. He was taken (1738…
(Encyclopedia) McGillivray, AlexanderMcGillivray, Alexanderməgĭlˈĭvrā [key], 1759–93, Native American chief. He was born in the Creek country now within the borders of the state of Alabama, the son…
