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LEFT GREY 409 GBIGGS England, in October, 1537 ; was the eldest daughter of Henry Grey, Marquis of Dorset and Duke of Suffolk, and great- granddaughter of Henry VII. of Eng- land. As a girl she made extraordinary progress, especially in languages — Latin, Greek, French, Italian, and Hebrew. In 1553 the Duke of Northumberland, fore- seeing the speedy death of the boy-king, Edward VI., determined to change the succession and secure it to his own fam- ily. Lady Jane, not 16 years old, was therefore married, strongly against her wish, to Lord Guilford Dudley, North- umberland's fourth son, on May 21, 1553; and July 9, three days after Edward's death, the council informed her that his "plan" had named her as his successor. On July 19, the brief usurpation over, she found herself a prisoner in the Tower; four months later, pleading guilty of high treason, she was sentenced to death, and was beheaded on Tower Hill, Feb. 12, 1554. GREY, ZANE, an American novelist, born at Zanesville, Ohio, in 1875. He graduated from the University of Penn- sylvania in 1896. After practicing den- tistry from 1898 to 1904, he abandoned this to follow a literary career. He wrote "Betty Zane" (1904) ; "The Last Trail" (1907); "The Heritage of the Desert" (1910) ; "Riders of the Purple Sage" (1912); "Wild Fire" (1917); "Desertof Wheat" (1919); and "Man of the Forest" (1920). GRIDLEY, CHARLES VERNON, an American naval officer; bom in Logans- port, Ind., in 1845; entered the United States navy in September, 1860; was pro- moted midshipman July 16, 1862; com- mander, March 4, 1868; and captain, March 14, 1897; and shortly after was ordered to the Pacific station. When he reached Hong Kong, China, he was placed in command of the cruiser "Olympia," the flagship of the Asiatic fleet. On the morning of May 1, 1898, after the Ameri- can fleet entered Manila Bay, Captain Gridley took his position in the conning tower of the "Olympia" and Commodore Dewey stood on the bridge. As soon as the American ships drew within range of the Spanish fleet Commodore Dewey gave the brief command: "You may fire when you are ready, Mr. Gridley," and in a few minutes the battle began. Cap- tain Gridley skillfully managed the "Olympia" during the engagement and delivered the broadside whioh destroyed the flagship of the Spanish fleet. Though very ill, he commanded his ship through- out the fight. Shortly after his sickness became more serious, and he was or- dered home, but died on reaching Kobe, Japan, June 4, 1898. GRIEG, EDVARD (greg), a Scandi- navian composer; born in Bergen, Nor- way, June 15, 1843; entered the con- servatory at Leipsic in 1858, where he remained for four years; then continued his studies at Copenhagen. He went to London in 1888, where he both played and conducted. Among the best known of his compositions are "Hu- moresken" (for the piano); "Songs"; the "Peer Gynt" suite; "Norwegian Folk-Songs"; "Ligurd Jorsalfa"; "Nor- wegian Dances"; etc. He died Sept. 4, 1907. GRIFFIN, a city of Georgia, the county-seat of Spaldmg co. It is on the Central of Georgia and the Southern railroads. Its industries include cotton mills and towel manufactories. It is the seat of a State agricultural experi- ment station. Pop. (1910) 7,478; (1920) 8,240. GRIFFIS, WILLIAM ELLIOTT, an American clergyman; born in Phila- delphia, Pa., Sept. 17, 1843; was grad- uated at Rutgers College in 1869 and at the Union Theological Seminary in 1877; spent several years in Japan teaching and organizing schools; became pastor of the First Congregational Church of Ithaca, N. Y., in 1893. He is the author of "The Mikado's Empire"; "Corea, the Hermit Nation"; "Japan: In History, Folklore, and Art"; "Brave Little Holland and What She Taught Us"; "The Religions of Japan"; "First American Envoy in Japan"; "The Japanese Nation in Evolution" (1907) ; "Story of New fJetherland" (1909) ; "Belgium" (1912) ; "The Mikado" (1915); "Dutcn P'airy Tales" (1918). GRIGGS, EDWARD HOWARD, an American lecturer and author, born at Owatonna, Minn., in 1868. He gradu- ated from Indiana University in 1889, and took special courses at the Univer- sity of Berlin. For several years he was instructor, assistant professor, pro- fessor, and lecturer on ethics at Leland Stanford Jr. University. In 1899 he be- came public lecturer on economics and ethical subjects. His writings include "The -New Humanism" (1900) ; "Self- Culture Through the Vocation" (1914) ; and "The Soul of Democracy" (1918). He was a member of many learned so- cieties. GRIGGS, JOHN WILLIAM, an Amer- ican lawyer and public official, born in Newton, N. J., in 1849. He graduated from Lafayette College in 1868. After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1871, and engaged in practice at Paterson, N. J. He was a member of the State Assembly and Senate from