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 HBRRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Gallaudet, Thomas, clergyman, philanthrowas born June 3, 1823, in Hartford, Conn. In 1853 he founded St. Ann's church for deaf mutes in New York City; and in 1859 added a church and rectory. In 1885 he founded the Gallaudet home for deaf mutes on a farm by the Hudson river, which was the first school of the kind in the United States. He died Aug. ?6, 1903, pist^ author,

in

New York

delegation from his state to the republican national convention of 1888. In 1885-89 he was a representative to the forty-ninth and fiftieth congresses as a republican; and in 1891-1909 he was United States senator.

Henry Hamn^ond, painter, artwas born May 20, 1850, in Boston, Mass. He graduated from Harvard college, studied art in Paris, and has attained promiGallison,

ist,

nence as

City.

Gallaudet, Thomas Hopkins, educator, philanthropist, author, was born Dec. 10, He was a cele1787, in Philadelphia, Pa.

a painter. In 1900 he received mention honorable for pictures in the Paris exposition; and in 1904 received a medal at

of

the St. Louis exposition. Gallison, John, lawyer, author, was born in October, 1788, in Marblehead, Mass. For several years he edited the Weekly Messenger, and advocated plans for the gradual abolition of slavery in the United States. He was the author of Reports in the Circuit Court, in two volumes. He died Dec. 25, 1820, in Boston, Mass.

the Soul; The Youth's Book of Natural The-

Demetrius Augustine, clergyGallitzin, man, author, was born Dec. 23, 1770, in Holland. He was the son of the Russian am-

brated

educator of

deaf mutes and in 1817-30 was superintendent of the institution for deaf mutes at Hartford, the first in the United States. He

was the

author

Book

Child's

ology;

of

Sermons

Preached to an English Congregation in Paris; and Bible Stories for the Young. He died Sept. 9. 1851, in Hartford, Conn. Gallegos, Jose M., soldier, state legislator, congressman, was born Nov. 14, 1815, in Rio Arriba county, N.M. He was a member of the legislative assembly of Mexico in 184346; a member of the first legislative assembly of the territory of New Mexico in 185051; and in 3853-55 and 1871-73 he was a territorial delegate to the thirty-third and forty-second congresses as a democrat. He was speaker of the territorial house of representatives in 1860-63; quartermaster-gener.Tl of the territorial militia; and treasurer of the territory for five years. He was superintendent of Indian affairs in New Mexico in 1868. Galleher, John Nicholas, clergyman, bishop, Avas born Feb. 17, 1839, in Mason county, Ky. He was the third protestant episcopal bishop of the diocese of Louisiana. He died Dec. 7, 1891, in New Orleans, La.

to France; was educated as .a Sulpitian priest; and he founded the Roman catholic colony of Loretto in Pennsylvania in 1803. He was the author of Defence of Appeal to the ProtestCatholic Principles ant Public; Six Letters of Advice; and Letter to a Protestant Friend on the Holy Scriptures. He died in 1841 in Pennsylvania.

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was born in She founded a convent in New York and several schools throughout the United States, as well as a mission among the Pottawattamie Indians. She Gallitzin, Elizabeth, founder,

1795 in Russia.

died Dec.

8,

Gallizier,

1843, in St. Michael's, La.

Nathan, litterateur, author, was

born Feb. 8, 1866, in Milan, Italy. He was educated at the Royal college of Ludwigsburg, Germany; since 1882 has been a resident of the United States and resides in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has contributed extensively to periodical literature; and is the

Gallinger, Jacob

Harold, journalist, phycongressman, LTnited States senator, was born March 28. 1837, in Canada. He practiced medicine and surgery from 1858 until he entered public

author

of numerous works in English and German. He is the au-

sician,

life. He was a member of the house of representatives of New Hampshire in 1873-73 and 1891; and was a member of the state senate in 1878-80, being president of that

body the years.

last

two

He was

sur-

geon-general

f

New

Hampshire with the rank of brigadier-general in 1879-80. He was chairman of the

thor of Ignis Fatuus; A Dream from the Rococo; te,

a romance of the

fer

dynasty

C'astel del

Mon-

the HohenstaufItaly; The Sorceress of Rome, a tale of the Millennium Lucrezia Borgia, a tale of the Renaissance; and several other works.

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Galloway, Charles Betts, bishop, author,

was born Sept. 1, 1849, in Kosciusko, Miss. In 1886 he became bishop of the methodist episcopal church south. He is the author of Methodism a Child of Providence; Aaron's Rod in Public Morals; Life of Bishop Linus Parker Handbook of Prohibition, Open Letters on Prohibition; A Circuit of the Globe;