Ismar Thiusen

Not to be confused with John Duncan McNie.

John MacNie, known by his pen name Ismar Thiusen (3 April 1836 – 31 October 1909) was a Scottish science fiction writer, who was long resident in the USA. He is best known for his novel The Diothas.

Biography

Originally from Stirling, MacNie was educated at the University of Glasgow; he received an honorary M.A. degree from Yale University in 1874. He was a professor at the University of North Dakota for two decades; he was hired as professor of English, French, and German in 1886, and retired as professor of French and Spanish languages and literature during 1906. The University of North Dakota's MacNie Hall was named after him. MacNie published A Treatise on the Theory and Solution of Algebraic Equations in 1876, and Elements of Geometry, Plain and Solid in 1895.

He died in Hennepin, Minnesota.

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