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Malcolm III
Malcolm III (Malcolm Canmore), d. 1093, king of Scotland (1057-93), son of Duncan I; successor to Macbeth (d. 1057). It took him some years after Macbeth's death to regain the boundaries of his father's kingdom. About 1068, Edgar Atheling , pretender to the English throne, took refuge with Malco...
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Malcolm IV
Malcolm IV 1141-65, king of Scotland (1153-65), grandson and successor of David I . On his accession the young king was at once faced with a rebellion of the western Gaels, supported by the Norse, which he put down. Henry II of England insisted he give up his claim to Northumbria in 1157 in return...
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Malcolm X
Malcolm X,
born Malcolm Little; later adopted the name El‐Hajj Malik El‐Shabazz (1925–1965),
African American
leader.As a thinker, activist, and especially an icon, Malcolm X was perhaps the most important black nationalist figure in postȁ...
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Malcolm Forbes
Malcolm Forbes 1919-90, American publisher, b. Englewood, N.J. The third son of a Scottish immigrant who founded Forbes magazine in 1917, he graduated from Princeton Univ. (1941), and became publisher of the magazine on his father's death (1954). Under his leadership, the publication became one o...
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Malcolm Fraser
Malcolm Fraser (John Malcolm Fraser), 1930-, Australian political leader and prime minister (1975-83). A graduate of Oxford (1952), he entered the Australian parliament as a Liberal member in 1955. Under a Liberal-National Country coalition he held a number of cabinet positions, serving as minister...
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Malcolm Cowley
Malcolm Cowley , 1898-1989, American critic and poet, b. Belsano, Pa., grad. Harvard, 1920. He lived abroad in the 1920s and knew many writers of the "lost generation," about whom he wrote in Exile's Return (1934) and Second Flowering (1973). For many years he wrote a book-review column for ...
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Malcolm Lowry
Malcolm Lowry (Clarence Malcolm Lowry) , 1909-57, English novelist, b. New Brighton, Wirral. Lowry is widely recognized as an important writer who effectively articulated the spiritual desolation of the individual in the 20th cent. While still a student at Cambridge he wrote his first novel, Ultr...
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Richard Malcolm Johnston
Richard Malcolm Johnston 1822-98, American author, b. Hancock co., Ga., grad. Mercer Univ., 1841. He is known for his stories and sketches of rural Georgia, of which the collection Dukesborough Tales (1871) is best known.
Bibliography: See his autobiography (1900).
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Sir Malcolm Campbell
Sir Malcolm Campbell 1885-1949, English automobile and speedboat racer. A racing enthusiast from boyhood, Campbell set many speed records for motorcycles, airplanes, automobiles, and motorboats and in 1931 was knighted for his accomplishments. Driving his famed automobile Bluebird at Bonneville F...
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Donald Malcolm Campbell
Donald Malcolm Campbell 1921-67, British automobile and boat racer. The son of Sir Malcolm Campbell , from whom he inherited his passion for assaulting speed records and his mechanical inclinations, he helped to design a hull that would not disintegrate at speeds over 200 mi (322 km) per hr on wat...
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