Kinnear, John
Kinnear, John (1823–1909), presbyterian minister and MP, was born at Clonaneese, Co. Tyrone, second son of James Kinnear, presbyterian minister. After attending a local national school he was denied admission as a dissenter to the Church of Ireland Royal School, Dungannon, and was…...
Kirkpatrick, James
Kirkpatrick, James (1676–1743), presbyterian minister, was son of the Rev. Hugh Kirkpatrick, and was born probably in Scotland. His father was minister in Lurgan, Co. Armagh, from 1686, but with his family took refuge in Scotland from 1689 to 1695, when he went as minister to…...
Knox, Robert
Knox, Robert (1815/16–1883), presbyterian minister, was born in Clady, Co. Tyrone, third son of Hugh Knox, probably a farmer, who was ruling elder in Urney presbyterian church. There may also have been at least four daughters. His mother (whose name is unknown) died when he was…...
Lánczos, Cornelius
Lánczos, Cornelius (Kornél) (1893–1974), theoretical physicist, was born 2 February 1893 in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, eldest of five children of Carolus Löwy, lawyer, and Adél Hahn. During the early 1900s the family changed their name to Lánczos, a Hungarian form of the Jewish name Löwy…...
Latimer, William Thomas
Latimer, William Thomas (1842–1919), presbyterian minister and historian, was the only child of John Latimer (d. 1843), presbyterian minister of First Ballynahatty, near Omagh, Co. Tyrone, and Eliza Latimer (née Dudgeon). His father died while William was still a baby. Latimer's…...
Leebody, John Robinson
Leebody, John Robinson (1840–1927), scientist, commentator, and college president, was born in January 1840 in Ballinderry, Co. Antrim, the second son of Rev. Henry Leebody (d. 1879), presbyterian minister there, and his wife, Madeline Sophia (née Robinson). He was educated…...
Lee, Robert Pearson
Lee, Robert Pearson (1921–2012), veterinary scientist, was born at home at 41 Marguerite Road, Drumcondra, Dublin, on 8 May 1921, the youngest of four children (two sons and two daughters) of George Angus McLean Lee, a pharmaceutical chemist of Aberdeenshire farming stock, and…...
Leland, John
Leland, John (1691–1766), presbyterian minister, was born 18 October 1691 in Wigan, Lancashire, England, second of three sons of a presbyterian merchant, whose name was possibly William Leland; there are no firm details of his mother. After suffering from smallpox at the age of…...
Lewis, William Cudmore McCullagh
Lewis, William Cudmore McCullagh (1885–1956), physical chemist, was born 29 June 1885 in Belfast, the only son of the five children of Edward Lewis, linen merchant, and his wife, Frances Welsh McCullagh, daughter of Rev. William Cudmore McCullagh of Ballysillan presbyterian church,…...
Livingston, John
Livingston, John (1603–72), presbyterian minister in Ireland and Scotland, was born 21 June 1603 at Kilsyth (also called ‘Monybroch’), Stirlingshire, one of three sons and four daughters of William Livingston, minister of Kilsyth, and Agnes Livingston (née Livingston). He was…...
MacAdam, James
MacAdam, James (1801–61), manufacturer and geologist, was born in High Street, Belfast, the first child and the elder of two surviving sons of James MacAdam (1775–1821), merchant, and Jane MacAdam (née Shipboy) (1774–1827), a Belfast native. Two siblings died in infancy while a…...
Macalister, Alexander
Macalister, Alexander (1844–1919), zoologist and anatomist, was born 9 April 1844 in Dublin, the second son of Robert Macalister, a member of an Argyllshire family who had come to reside in Dublin, and Margaret Anne Macalister (née Boyle), youngest daughter of Colonel James Boyle…...
MacArthur, Sir William Porter
MacArthur, Sir William Porter (1884–1964), army medical officer, Irish-language scholar, and historian, was born 11 March 1884 at Belmont, east Belfast, Co. Down, the only son of John Porter MacArthur (d. 1930), tea merchant, and his wife Margaret Rainey (d. 1936), daughter of William…...
MacBride, David
MacBride, David (1726–78), doctor and scientist, was born 26 April 1726 in Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, son of Robert MacBride (1687–1759), presbyterian minister at Ballymoney, and his wife, a Miss Boyd from Killaghy, Co. Down, whose father may have been David Boyd. Robert McBride was…...
Mackenzie, John
Mackenzie, John (1649?–1696?), presbyterian minister and historian, was born in 1647 or 1649 in the north of Ireland, possibly in Co. Down, though the family was also associated with a farm at Lowcross, near Cookstown, Co. Tyrone. He was educated at Edinburgh university, and…...
Maclaine, Archibald
Maclaine, Archibald (c.1650–1734), presbyterian minister, was the son of Alexander Maclaine, who was successively minister of Kilmaglass in Argyllshire and Kingarth on the isle of Bute, Scotland; his mother's name is not known. Archibald Maclaine graduated from the…...
Maclaine, Archibald
Maclaine, Archibald (1722–1804), presbyterian minister, was born in Monaghan, eldest son of the Rev. Thomas Maclaine, presbyterian minister of Monaghan; his mother may have been a Milling. The family had a strong tradition of service in the church: Archibald Maclaine's paternal…...
MacManus (McManus), Henry
MacManus (McManus), Henry (c.1819–1864), presbyterian minister, was born in Virginia, Co. Cavan. Nothing is known of his family background, though he was probably not related to Henry MacManus (qv) (d. 1878). He was educated…...
MacSparran (McSparran), James
MacSparran (McSparran), James (1693–1757), clergyman, was born on 10 September 1693, probably in Dungiven, Co. Londonderry, of unknown parents. He was the nephew, however, of Archibald MacSparran, a presbyterian minister and large landowner who had emigrated from the west of…...
Magee, Roy (Robert James)
Magee, Roy (Robert James) (1930–2009), presbyterian minister and peacemaker, was born in the Ballysillan area of north Belfast on 3 January 1930, only son (he had one sister) of John Magee, fitter in Mackie's engineering firm, and his wife Margaret (née Quinn). He grew up in the…...
Magill, Robert
Magill, Robert (1788–1839), presbyterian minister, was born 7 September 1788 in the village of Broughshane, near Ballymena, Co. Antrim, eldest of the five children of George Frederic Magill (1762–1828) and his wife, Sarah Boyd. He was educated locally by teachers named O'Hara,…...
Makemie, Francis
Makemie, Francis (c.1658–1708), presbyterian minister, was born near Ramelton, Co. Donegal, and educated at Glasgow University. The presbytery of Laggan, to which he had been introduced by Thomas Drummond in January 1680 and which had overseen his studies, licensed him to…...
Malcom, Andrew George
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Marshall, William Forbes
Marshall, William Forbes (1888–1959), presbyterian minister and writer, was born 8 May 1888 in Drumragh, near Omagh, Co. Tyrone, second among three sons of Charles Marshall, school principal at Sixmilecross, and Mary Marshall (née Forbes); his mother died when he was 5 years old.…...
Martin, William
Martin, William (1729?–1807?), Reformed Presbyterian minister in Ireland and America, was born 16 May 1729 or 1733 at Ballyspallen, near Ballykelly, Co. Londonderry, eldest son of David Martin; his mother's name is not known. He had at least one sister, who was married in Scotland.…...