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Mile. 1593. English statute mile based on Roman Mille Passus, 1000 paces.
Mill, Henry. English. First typewriter patent 1714.
Mill, John Stuart. 1806-73. English Utilitarian Positivist philosopher. Social as well as political freedom is necessary. Tyranny of the majority. Associationism. Political Economy 1848. On Liberty 1859. Utilitarianism 1863. Women’s Right to Vote 1866.
Millais, John. 1829-1896. British Pre-Raphaelite painter. Christ in the House of His Parents 1850.
Millay, Edna St. Vincent. 1892-1950. Cynical US poet. Harp Weaver 1923. Fatal Interview 1931.
Millenary Petition. 1603. Presented by 1000 Puritan ministers to James I. Calls Hampton Court Conference.
Millenialism. Belief in the Millenium, 1000 Year reign of Christ before world ends.
Miller, Arthur. 1915-2005. US playwright. Death of a Salesman 1949. Crucible 1953.
Miller, Henry. 1891-1980. US autobiographical novelist. Tropic of Cancer 1934. Tropic of Capricorn 1939. Works banned in US for sexual content until 1964.
Miller, William. 1782-1849. US founder of Adventists. Predicted Christ’s 2nd Coming for 1843.
Millet, Jean-François. 1814-75. French painter of peasants. Sower 1850. Gleaners 1857.
Millikan, Robert. 1868-1953. US physicist. Charge on electron 1911. Cosmic rays 1925.
Montanism. 156-9C. Montanus’ ascetic Christian movement of illuminati expecting the Millenium.
Oxford English Dictionary. 1884-1928. 10 volumes, 2.4 million quotations. OED2 1989. James Murray.
Pissarro, Camille. 1830-1903. French Impressionist painter of street scenes. Boulevard Montmartre 1897.
Positivism. Knowledge based on senses alone. Personal knowledge. Natural laws lead to social engineering to secure a happy society. Comte. Mill. Spencer. Logical Positivism.
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. 1848-53. British painters vs Royal Academy. Advocated return to simple classical naturalism. Painted with bright colors on white vs dark tones of the time. Rossetti. Millais. Hunt.
Purge. 1936-8. Stalin’s trials to eliminate political rivals with fabricated charges. 3 million dead. Executions, forced labour, internal exile.
Ramillies, Battle. 1706. Churchill wins most of Belgium for Britain from France.
Rockefeller, John. 1839-1937. US oil millionaire, philanthropist.
Sacre Coeur. Paris basilica built 1873-1910 by Abadie, at a cost of FF40 million.
Saint-Saëns, Camille. 1835-1921. French composer. Symphonic Poems. Carnival of Animals 1886. Samson et Delila 1888.
Shi’ite. Major Moslem sect believing in Mahdi at the millenium. Official religion of Iran. Sunni. Fatimid. Assassin. Druze. Ali.
Utilitarianism. Good is the maximum good for the maximum number of people. Bentham. Mill. Spencer. Moore.