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Rh Duke of Wellington. He was the author of many important books, among which are " Campaigns of Washington and New Orleans" (London, 1821); and " The Subaltern " (published in " Blackwood " in 1824-'5; New York, 1826). Many editions of these popular works have since appeared.

GLEIM, John Godfried, clergyman, b. in Germany; d. in Germantown, Pa., in 1757. In 1754 he came to this country with Casper Fahnestock, settled in Germantown, and preached there until his death. In conjunction with Weiser and Mathias he published &ldquo;The Inspired.&rdquo; &mdash; His son, George Christian, soldier, b. in 1736; d. in Lancaster county, Pa., 21 July, 1817, took part in the war of the Revolution and was severely wounded near Philadelphia. He removed to Lancaster county in 1779, where he resided until his death. &mdash; George's son, Christian, journalist, b. in Lancaster county, Pa., 10 Jan., 1780; d. in Pittsburg, Pa., 21 Sept., 1861, went to Philadelphia, where he entered the printing-office of Ezra Bailey. He settled in Harrisburg in 1812, and was appointed to print the senate journal in English. Afterward he established and edited &ldquo;The Pennsylvanian.&rdquo; He served as ensign of volunteers in the war of 1812-'15. From 1821 till 1824 he was sheriff of Dauphin county. He removed to Pittsburg in 1830, and resided there until his death.

GLENDY, John, clergyman, b. in Londonderry, Ireland, 24 June, 1755 ; d. in Philadelphia, Pa., 4 Oct., 1832. He was educated at the University of Glasgow, where, after studying theology, he was ordained. He accepted a call from the church in Londonderry, and remained there until he was exiled during the Irish insurrection of 1798, in which he protested against the aggressive measures of the government, and rendered himself obnoxious to the nobility. He arrived in Norfolk, Va., in 1799, and afterward supplied the congregations of Staunton and Bethel, Augusta co., Va., for nearly two years. He was invited by President Jefferson to be his guest in Washington, and during his visit delivered a discourse in the capitol. In 1803-30 he was pastor of the 2d Presbyterian church in Balti- more, Md. In 1806 he served as chaplain of the U. S. house of representatives, and in 1815 and 1816 of the senate. In 1822 the University of Maryland gave him the degree of D. D. He published an " Oration in Commemoration of Washington," de- livered in Staunton in 1800 (re-published, 1835).

GLENDY, William Marshall, naval officer, b. in Virginia in 1801 ; d. in Baltimore, Md., 16 July, 1873. He was appointed midshipman in 1818, com- missioned lieutenant in 1827, and served succes- sively with the Brazil and Pacific squadrons. In 1847 he was made commander, and served in the Mediterranean for eighteen months. Subsequently he commanded in the P]ast Indies. In 1855 he was made captain, and in 1861-2 served as senior officer on the coast of Africa. He was promoted to the rank of commodore in 1862, and in the following year was made prize commissioner in Washington, D. C. He served six months as lighthouse-in- spector, and in 1865 retired from active service.

GLENN, James, governor of South Carolina from 1744 till 1755. Toward the end of his admin- istration he concluded a treaty with the Cherokees in their own country. By this action a large extent of territory was ceded to the king, which con- tributed largely to the interest and safety of the colony. He published "A Description of South Carolina" (London. 1761).

GLENTWORTH, George, physician, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., 22 July, 1735 ; d," there, 4 Nov., 1792. He was graduated at the University of Edinburgh in 1758. During the last French war in America he was a surgeon in the British army. In 1777 he served as surgeon of a regiment, and afterward was appointed senior surgeon in the con- tinental army, and became director-general of hos- pitals for the middle division.

GLIDDEN, George Dana Boardman, naval officer, b. in Ellsworth, Me., 15 April, 1844 ; d. in Cambridge, Mass., 25 Jan., 1885. He was graduated at the U. S. naval academy in 1863, aiul in the same year was made ensign. His fii'st year of service was passed on the " Seminole," of the Western Gulf blockading squadron. He took part in the battle of Mobile Bay, 5 Aug., 1864, where he received the highest commendations from his commanding officer. From 1865 till 1867 he served on the " Wyoming," of the East India squadron. He was appointed master in 1866, lieutenant in 1867, lieutenant-commander in 1868, and commander in 1883. He was engaged with the Asiatic squadron from 1867 till 1869, when he was stationed at the Naval academy. In 1870 and 1871 he commanded the " Tennessee." He served with the " Wachu- sett," of the European fleet, from 1872 till 1874, and with the " Onuiha," of the Pacific fleet, from 1875 till 1877. He was on duty at the Boston navy-yard in 1878. His last service was in Asiatic waters, where he commanded the " Palos," from which he was detached in 1884.

GLIDDON, George Robins, archæologist, b. in Devonshire, England, in 1809 ; d. in Panama, 16 Nov., 1857. At an early age he went to Alex- andria, where his father was a merchant, and also U. S. consul. For nearly twenty-three years he resided in Egypt, and during a great part of that time served as U. S. vice-consul. He visited the United States, and lectured in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia on Egyptian antiquities. He was agent for the Honduras interoceanic rail- way at the time of his death. He wrote "A Me- moir on the Cotton of Egypt " (London, 1841) ; " An Appeal to the Antiquaries of Europe on the De- struction of the Monuments of Egypt" (1841); "Discourses on Egyptian Archfeology" (1841); "Ancient Egypt" (1850; new ed., 1853); "Types of Mankind," written in' conjunction with Dr. Josiah C. Nott, which contained contributions from Agassiz and Dr. Samuel G. Morton (Phila- delphia, 1854); and "Indigenous Eaces of the Earth," with Dr. Nott and others (1857).

GLISAN, Rodney, physician, b. in Linganore, Frederick co., Md., 29 Jan., 1827. He was gradu- ated in the medical department of the University of Maryland in 1849. After practising for a year in Baltimore, he was appointed assistant surgeon in the U. S. army, and engaged as medical offi- cer from 1850 till 1861. He served five years on the plains, and six years in Oregon during the Indian wars, from 1855 till 1861, when he resigned his commission. After practising a year in San Francisco, he settled in Portland, Oregon. He was president of the Multnom.ah county medical society in 1872 and 1876, and of the Oregon state medical society in 1875-'6, and has been for several years a member of the American medical associ- ation. He was a delegate to the 7th International medical congress, held in London in 1881, and a member of the 9th International medical congress, held in Washington, D. C, in 1887. He is now (1887) emeritus professor of obstetrics and diseases of women and children in the medical department of Willamette university. Among his notable cases were the first amputations of the shoulder and thigh, and the second operation for strangu- lated inguinal hernia ever performed on the Pacific