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Malaria
Malaria, which has affected Georgians since colonial times, is a disease caused by one of four protozoan...

Malatchi (ca. 1720-1756)
Malatchi was the prominent chief and warrior of the town of Coweta of the Lower Creek Indians during...

Malcolm Bell Jr. (1913-2001)
A banker, historian, and civil rights advocate, Malcolm Bell Jr. provided civic leadership to Savannah...

Malcontents
Among those to voice displeasure with the policies of General James Oglethorpe and the Georgia Trustees...

Malthus Ward (1794-1863)
Malthus Ward was the first professor of natural history at the University of Georgia, as well as a founding...

Mammals
Although mammals represent less than 10 percent of all living vertebrates (animals with backbones), they...

Man-Made Lakes
Man-made lakes are water impoundments—or water accumulated in reservoirs—that do...

Manchester
Located in west central Georgia, about seventy-five miles southwest of Atlanta and forty miles northeast...

Marble
Marble, a metamorphosed limestone prized for its hardness and variety, is quarried in north Georgia near...

Margaret Edson (b. 1961)
Margaret Edson, a playwright and kindergarten teacher in Atlanta, is best known for Wit, a play about...

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