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 (unfinished) has been lent by Mrs. Furse to the same mstitution. The best likeness of Furse extant is a photograph reproduced in the illustrated catalogue of the Burlington Fine Arts Club exhibition (1908). The same volume contains a selection from his writings (two articles were previously published in the 'Albemarle Magazine,' Aug. 1892, and the 'Studio,' i. 33), with a number of letters and the reports of some of his lectures.

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GADSBY, HENRY ROBERT (1842–1907), musician, born at Hackney on 15 Dec. 1842, was son of William Gadsby. From 1849 to 1858 he was a chorister boy at St. Paul's at the same time as Sir John Stainer (Mus. Times, May 1901). He learnt rudimentary harmony under Mr. W. Bayley, the choirmaster, but was otherwise self-taught. In 1863 he became a teacher of the piano, the writer being one of his first pupils. Having also taught himself the organ, he became organist of St. Peter's, Brockley, holding this appointment till 1884. He succeeded John Hullah [q. v.] as professor of harmony at Queen's College, London, and Sir William Cusins [q. v. Suppl. I] as professor of pianoforte there. In 1880 he was appointed one of the original professors (of harmony) at the Guildhall School of Music, where he taught till his death. A member of the Philharmonic and other musical societies and fellow of the College of Organists, he was a well-known figure in the musical world. His published works include the following choral and orchestral cantatas: ‘Psalm 130’ (1862); ‘Alice Brand’ (1870); ‘The Lord of the Isles’ (Brighton Festival, 1879); ‘Columbus’ (male voices, 1881); ‘The Cyclops’ (male voices, 1883); music to ‘Alcestis’ (1876) and to Tasso's ‘Aminta’ (for Queen's College, 1898). Other instrumental works were a concert overture, ‘Andromeda’ (1873), an organ concerto in F, and a string quartet. Unpublished works include three other orchestral preludes, which have been performed: ‘The Golden Legend,’ ‘The Witches' Frolic,’ and ‘The Forest of Arden.’ Numerous part-songs, services, and anthems were printed, as well as ‘A Treatise on Harmony’ (1883) and ‘A Technical Method of Sight-singing’ (1897), which are useful text-books. Gadsby was a typical Victorian composer, whose works were always well received and never heard a second time. An earnest musician, whose mission in life was to teach others to be like himself, he died on 11 Nov. 1907 at 53 Clarendon Road, Putney, and was buried in Putney Vale cemetery. His widow died shortly after him, leaving two daughters.

 GAIRDNER, WILLIAM TENNANT (1824–1907), professor of medicine at Glasgow, born in Edinburgh on 8 Nov. 1824, was eldest son of John Gairdner [q. v.], president of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, by his wife Susanna, daughter of William Tennant. Educated at the Edinburgh Institution, Gairdner entered as a medical student in 1840 Edinburgh University, where he had a brilliant career. Immediately after graduation as M.D. in 1845, he went with Lord and Lady Beverley as their medical attendant to the Continent, spending the ensuing winter in Rome. On his return to Edinburgh in 1846 he acted for the customary two years' term as house physician and house surgeon to the Royal Infirmary, and then settled down to practice in Edinburgh in 1848. He was soon appointed pathologist to the Royal Infirmary, and immediately entered upon a career of great scientific energy, not only throwing himself into the teaching of his subject to large classes of undergraduates, but making numerous original observations. In 1853 he became physician to the Royal Infirmary. He at once lectured on the 'Principles and Practice of Medicine,' and continued his original observations, but restricted himself more and more to the clinical investigation of disease, at the same time paying close attention to the subject of public health, then in its infancy. In 1862 he brought out at Edinburgh both his classical work on 'Clinical Medicine' (12mo) and his notable volume, 'Public Health in relation to Air and Water.'

In the same year, 1862, Gairdner was appointed professor of medicine in the 