Maud Menten (1879 – 1960) was a Canadian physician and chemist. As a bio-medical and medical researcher, she made significant contributions to enzyme kinetics and histochemistry and invented a procedure that remains in use. She is primarily known for her work with Leonor Michaelis on enzyme kinetics in 1913. The paper has been translated from its original German into English.
Maud (or Matilda), Countess of Huntingdon (c. 1074 – 1130/1131), was Queen of Scotland as the wife of King David I. She was the great-niece of William the Conqueror and the granddaughter of Earl Siward.
Maud Carnegie, Countess of Southesk (née Lady Maud Duff; 1893 – 1945), titled Princess Maud from 1905 to 1923, was a granddaughter of Edward VII. Maud and her elder sister, Alexandra, had the distinction of being the only female-line descendants of a British sovereign officially granted both the title of Princess and the style of Highness.
Maud of Wales (1869-1938) was Queen of Norway from 1905 until her death. She was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria and is the grandmother of Norway's current king, Harald V.
In the legend of the Mordiford wyvern, Maud is a little girl who raises a wyvern as a pet. When the wyvern reaches adulthood, he begins to terrorize the village of Mordiford--Maud is the only person safe from him. Eventually he is slayed, which left Maud heartbroken.
I like it a lot. There was a Queen/Empress of England named Maud, or Mathilda. Some call her Maud and some Mathilda. Maud was also the queen of Norway from 1905. She was something like the granddaughter or great granddaughter of Queen Victoria of England. ;)
This is the M in writer L.M. Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables), her name was Lucy Maud. Maud Adams is the Swedish/American model turned James Bond girl.