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 HERRINGSHAW'S LIBRARY OF AMKKICAN BIOGRAPHY. Gemunder, M. August, violin maker, was born May 4, 1862, in New York City. Until his death he was the head of August Gemunder and sons, the

makThe grandfathJohann Gemunder,

celebrated violin ers. er,

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Oct. 19, 1819, in

New York

City.

a noted hatter of New Y^ork City. the author of a History of the Hat from the Earliest Stages. He died April

New York

City.

Genth, Frederick Augustus, educator, author, was born May 17, 1820, in Germany. He was a professor of chemistry at the university of Pennsylvania in 1872-93. He was the author of Ammonia Cobalt Bases; Minerals of North Carolina; and First and

Second Preliminary Reports on the Mineralogy of Pennsylvania. He died in 1893 in Pennsylvania. Genth, Frederick A., chemist, scientist, was born Feb. 12, 1855, in Philadelphia, Pa., and is a son of the late Dr. Frederick A. uenth. In 1883-88 he was assistant professor of chemistry at the university of Pennsylvania. Since 1888 he has been engaged in general practice as an analytical and expert chemist of Philadelphia, Pa.; and acted as chemist to the state pharmaceutical examining board of Pennsylvania. Genthe, Karl Wilhelm, educator, naturalist, author, was born June 5, 1871, in Germany. Since 1907 he has been professor of natural history, at Trinity, college of HartHe is a fellow' of the American ford, Conn. association for the advancement of science. He is a contributor to the Encyclopedia

Americana; and of several

scientific

Mon-

ographs. Gentry, Alan F., surgeon, author, was born Jan. 3, 1866, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1889-93 he assisted Dr. John Dixon, the eminent surgeon of Pittsburg; and at his

surgical

practice.

Since

1899 he has practiced his profession in Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of several medical works. Gentry, Meredith Poindexter, lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 15, 1809, in Rockingham county, N.C. He was elected to the Tennessee state legis1835 and lature in 1837; and in 1839-43 and 1845-53 he was a representative ^ I

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^^ ^^^^ ''^'^ ^'^"^ °'^^~ a model of their own, which has become very popular throughout the world. Gemunder, August, violin-maker, was born March 22, 1814, in Wurttemberg. In 1846 he came to the United States and established himself as a maker and repairer of violins in Springfield, Mass.; and later went to New York City. His instruments were used and praised by all great artists; and his copy of Sarasate's Amati was pronounced by the owner equal to the original. He died Sept. 7, 1895, in New York City. His son August M., is the present head of the house of August Gemunder and sons. Genin, John Nicholas, merchant, author,

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from

Tennessee state to the twenty-sixth, twentyseventh, twenty-ninth, thirtieth,

thirty-first

and thirty-second congresses. He took part in the civil war as a member of the confedHe congress. erate

died Noy.

Gantry, poet, was phia, Pa.

1866, in Nashville, Tenn. George, educator, author, born Feb. 28, 1843, in PhiladelHe was educated in the public of Philadelschools phia; he attended the central high school of New York City until 1859; received the degree of D.Sc. from the Chicago college of sciewce; and took special studies in botany and He first bezoology.

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gan teaching in 1861; and in 1884 became of the UniGrant States ted school at Philadelphia, Pa. He was the author of Life Histories of Birds, in two volumes; The House Sparrow at Home and Abroad; Nests and Eggs of Birds of the United States; Family Names; Pigeon River and Other Poems; Life and Immortality, or Soul in Plants and Animals; and Intelligence in -Plants and Animals. He died on March 12, 1905, in Philadelphia, Pa. Genung, John Franklin, educator, clergyjnan, author, was born Jan. 27, 1850, in " " He was educated in N.Y. Wilseyville, Union college; and the seminary. Rochester He is a professor of at Amherst rhetoric

principal

college since 1882. He the author of is Study of In Memoriam; The Epic of the Inner Life, an annottranslation of ated ElePractical Job;

A

ments of Rhetoric; The Study of Rhetoric in the College Courses Outlines of Rhetoric; What a Carpenter Did with His Bible; The Passing of Self;