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as an Inventor; Woman, Church and State; and History of Woman Suffrage. She died March 18, 1898, in Chicago, 111. Gage, Simon Henry, educator, physiologist, scientist, author, was born May 20, 1851, in Ostego county, N.Y. In 1877 he graduated from Cornell university; in 1878 became an assistant professor; and for many years was professor in Cornell

university.

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has made a specialty of histology and emIn 1889 he bryology. studied in Europe. He is a fellow of the

American

association for the advancement of science. He was

one of the editors of the American Journal of Anatomy. He is the author of The Microscope and Microscopic Methods; Anatomical Technology; and numerous papers on biological subjects.

Gage, Thomas, was born in 1721

soldier, colonial governor, in England. He was col-

onial governor of Massachusetts in 1774-80. died April 2, 1787, in England.

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Gage, William Leonard, clergyman, author,

was bom in 1833 in New Hampshire. He was a unitarian clergyman of Hartford in 1868-84.

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Sermons

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the author of Trinitarian Unitarian Congregation;

Songs of War Time; Light in Darkness; Life of Carl Hitter; Studies in Bible Lands; Verses; The Home of God's People; Leisurely Journey; Palestine, Historic and Descriptive; The Salvation of Faust; and a number of translations from the German. Gager, C. Stuart, educator, botanist, was born on Dec. 23, 1873, in Norwich, N.Y. In 1897-1905 he was professor of biological sciences and physiography in the New York state normal college; and since 1905 has been secretary of the Torrey botanical club. He is a member of the American association for the advancement of science. He is now director of laboratories of the New York botanical garden. Gaiennie, Frank, soldier, merchant, was born Feb. 9, 1841, in New Orleans, La. He served in the civil war; participated in the

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battle of Wilson Craek; and was taken a prisoner at the siege of Vicksburg. In 1865 he obtained a position as a clerk in New Orleans; and in 1866 became a partner. He established the firm of Gaiennie and Marks of St. Louis. In 1887 he was presi' dent of the National board of trade.

David Du Bose,

soldier, author, 1859, in Fulton, S.C. In 1884 he entered the United States army as second lieutenant of engineers; and in 1904 attained the rank of major. Since 1907 he has been a member of the Isthmian canal commission and supervising engineer in charge of dredging in harbors and building

Gaillard,

was born Sept.

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breakways; and is a director of the Panama railroad company. He is the author of Wave Action in Regard to Engineering Structures. Gaillard, Edwin Samuel, soldier, educator, physician, journalist, founder, was born Jan. 16, 1827, in Charleston, S. C. He established Richmond and Louisville Medical Journal. In 1874 he also established the American Medical Weekly. He died Feb. 1, 1885, in Louisville, Ky.

Edwin White, journalist, librarwas born Jime 14, 1872, in Louisville, Ky. In 1888-95 he was on the editorial staff of the Independent of New York Gaillard,

ian, author,

He

engaged in literary and scientihas traveled extensively in North and South America; and was special correspondent from Tahiti to Harper/s Weekly, the Independent and the New York Evening Post. Since 1897 he has been librarian of the Webster free circulating library City.

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pursuits;

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of New York City. He is president of the New York City library club; treasurer of the New York state library association; and

author of various papers on library economy. Gaillard, John, United States senator, congressman, was born Sept. 5, 1765, in St. Stephen's, S.C. In 1803-36 he was United States senator; and in 1833-25 he was a representative from South Carolina to the eigh-

the

teenth congress; voted for the war of 1812; and was repeatedly called to preside over the United States senate in the absence of the vice-president. He died Feb. 36, 1836, in Washington, D.C. jurist. He Gaillard, Theodore, lawyer, was one of the earliest judges of the United States circuit court, having in 1801 been appointed chief justice of the fifth circuit. In 1813 he was appointed a district judge of the United States for Louisiana. He died in Louisiana. Gailor, Thomas Frank, educator, clergyman, bishop, author, was born Sept. 17, 1856, in Jackson, Miss. In 1880 he was ordained a priest; and in 1893 was consecrated protestant episcopal bishop; and since 1897 has been bishop of Tennessee. He is the author of Manual of Devotion; The Apostolical Succession; The Divine Event of All Time; Things New and Old; The Trust of the Episcopate; The Puritan Reaction The Master's Word and the Church's Act. Gaine, Hugh, journalist, was born in 1726 in Ireland. He began business as a printer and bookseller in New York City in 1750; and in 1753 established the Mercury, a weekly publication. He died April 25, 1807, in

New York

City.

Absalom Graves, educator, clergyman, college president, was born March 19, 1827, in Boone county, Ky. In 1851-54 he was instructor in natural science at the Gaines,

Clinton liberal institute of Clinton, N.Y. In 1872 he became president of the St.