John Macnie

John MacNie (c. 1844 – 31 October 1909), also known by his pen name Ismar Thiusen under which he wrote the novel ''The Diothas'', was an educator and science fiction writer. Born in Scotland in about 1844, he came to America in 1867 where he first obtained a job teaching Greek and Latin at a preparatory school in Newberg, New York. Provided by Wikipedia