MAHAFFY, JOHN PENTLAND: Church of Ireland; b. near Vevey (11 m. e.s.e. of Lausanne), Switzerland, Feb. 26, 1839. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin (B.A., 1859; M.A., 1863), and was ordered deacon in 1864 and ordained priest two years later. He was elected fellow of his college in 1884, where he has been senior fellow and registrar since 1899, as well as a member of the University COUri011 since 1902. He was also preceptor of Trinity College in 1867 and chaplain to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1880. He was assistant regius professor of Greek at Trinity College in 1864-65, 1867-68, 1870-74, 1877, and 1896, assistant in Archbishop King's divinity lectures in 1870-79, junior dean in 1869, junior proctor in 1871 Donellan lecturer in 1876, and examiner repeatedly in various subjects, besides being evening preacher in 1865-67 and university preacher in

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1868-70: From 1869 to 1900 he was professor of ancient history at Trinity College, and was also High Sheriff of County Monaghan in 1901 and a commissioner for intermediate education. In theology he is a Broad Churchman. Among his numer ous publications, chiefly on classical subjects, special mention may be made of the following: Twelve. Lectures on Primitive Civilization (London, 1869); Prolegomena to Ancient History (1871); Greek Social Life from Homer to Menander (1874); Greek Antiq uities (1876); A History of Classical Greek Literature (1880); The Decay of Modern Preaching (1882); The Story of Alexander's Empire (in collaboration with A. Gilman; 1887); Greek Life and Thought from Alexander to the Roman Conquest (1887); Greek Pic tures drawn with Pen and Pencil (1890); The Greek World under Roman Sway (1890); The Empire of the Ptolemies (1895); The Silver Age of the Greek World; and What have the Greeks Done (1909); and con tributed vol. iv. to Petrie's History of Egypt; in addition to numerous editions of classical, historical, and philosophical works and The Petrie Papyri De ciphered and Explained (3 vols., Dublin, 1892-1905).

MAHAN, ASA: American Congregationalist educator; b. at Vernon, N. Y.; Nov. 9, 1800; d. at Eastbourne (65 m. s. of London), England, Apr. 4, 1889. He was graduated at Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., in 1824, and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1827. He was pastor at Pitts ford, N. Y. (1829-31); Cincinnati, O. (1831-35); Jackson, Mich. (1855-57); and Adrian, Mich. (1857-60). He was president of Oberlin College (1835-50), Cleveland University (1850-54), and Adrian College, Mich. (1860-71). In 1871 he re tired to Eastbourne, England, to devote himself to literary work. His works include: Scripture Doc trine of Christian Perfection (Boston, 1839); Sys tem of Intellectual Philosophy (New York, 1845); Doctrine of the Will (Oberlin, 1846); The True Be liever (New York, 1847); System of Moral Philoso phy (Oberlin, 1848); Election, and the Influence of the Holy Spirit (London, 1850); Modern Mysteries Explained and Exposed (Boston, 1855); The Science of Logic (New York, 1856); Science of Natural Theology (Boston, 1867); Theism and Antitheiam (Cleveland, 1872); Phenomena of Spiritualism Sci entifically Explained and Exposed (1875); Misun derstood Texts of Scripture Explained and Eluci dated (1876); Critical History of the Late American War (1877); System of Mental Philosophy (Chicago, 1882); Autobiography; Intellectual, Moral, and Spiritual (London, 1882); and Critical History of Philosophy (2 vols., New York, 1883).