John MacNie (c. 1844 – 31 October 1909),^[1] also known by his pen nameIsmar Thiusen under which he wrote the novelThe Diothas,^[2] 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.^[3]

Originally fromStirling, MacNie was educated at theUniversity of Glasgow; he received an honorary M.A. degree fromYale University in 1874. He was a professor at theUniversity 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 publishedA Treatise on the Theory and Solution of Algebraic Equations in 1876, andElements of Geometry, Plain and Solid in 1895.

He died inHennepin,Minnesota.

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