Marvell
ANDREW, an English publicist; born in Winestead, Yorkshire, England, March 31, 1621. He was educated at Cambridge University. After employment abroad he became secretary to the poet Milton. Charles II. delighted in his wit and conversation. Marvell steadily refused to sacrifice his personal and political integrity. Attempts were made to win his influence. "Honest Andrew Marvell" died in London, Aug. 18, 1678.
MARWAR (mär'wär), or JODHPUR (jōd-pör'), a state of Hindustan, tributary to the British; area, 34,963 square miles; pop. about 2,200,000. Marwar may be taken as the type of the old Rajpoot states of India. The country consists generally of open plains, the hills being almost confined to the S.; the soil, almost everywhere watered by torrents and affluents of the Loonee, or Salt river, produces heavy crops of barley and other kinds of grain; the inhabitants are chiefly Rajpoots. Capital, Jodhpur, 100 miles W. S. W. of Ajmeer.