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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OP AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Estate in New York City; Title of the Corporation and Others to the Streets, and Wharves, Lands, and Franchises in New York City; The Peace of Utrecht; Aquarelles, a poem; and Ostrea, or the Loves of the Oysters, a collection of humorous verse. He died in 1900 in New York City. Gerard, James Watson, lawyer, jurist, was born in 1867 in Geneseo, N.Y. He was admitted to the bar in 1902; and in 1908

was

elected justice of the supreme court of New York for the term ending in 1921. He is a trustee of the New York law institute. Gere, Charles Henry, lawyer, legislator, journalist, was born Feb. 18, 1838, in Gainesville, N.Y. In 1863-65 he served as a union soldier in the tenth and eleventh regiments Maryland volunteer infantry. In 1865 he was admitted to the bar in Baltimore; and removed the same year to Nebraska and became prosecuting attorney of Pawnee county. In 1866 he served as a member of the Nebraska state legislature; was state senator in 1869-70 and 1881-82. In 1885-87 he was secretary of the state railway commissioners; and in 1892 was a delegate to the republican national convention. He is the editor-in-chief of the Nebraska Daily State Journal; and president of the State Journal company. Gere, George Grant, surgeon, author, was born Dee. 27, 1848, in Greene, N.Y. In 1886 he was appointed to the chair of surgery He is in the California Medical college. the author of a series of Lectures on Callopractic Surgery. Gere, George Washington, lawyer, prohibitionist, author, was bom March 22, 1843.

He is a noted lawyer in Clark county, 111. of Champaign, 111.; and in 1896 was a candidate for governor on the prohibitionist He is the author of Did Jesus Rise. ticket. Gerhard, William Paul, civil engineer, auwas born July 30, 1854, in Hamberg, Germany. He received a thorough education; and in 1875 he graduated from the polytechnic school at Karlsreche, Baden. In 1877-79 he was assistant engineer in the thor,

department of public works at St. Louis, Mo.; and in 1880 was James's Captain in Eads' office. Ever since 1892 has been sanitary engineer on the staff of the

chitect of

New

York.

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the author of

House Drainage and Sanitary Plumbing; Sanitary House Inspection; The Prevention of Fire; Recent Practice in Sanitary Drainage of Buildings; Disposal of Household Waste; Gas Lighting and Gas Fitting;

Fires and Panics, Their Causes and Prevention; Sanitary Engineering; Modem Baths and Bath Houses; and several works in

German.

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Gerend, M. M., clergyman, college presiauthor, was born June 17, 1858, in Sheboygan, Wis. He became president of the St. Francis college; and in 1895 president of St. John's institute for deaf mutes. He is the author of Eugene Christian; A Tale of College Life; On the Way to the Sanctuary; Little Mary, the Deaf -Mute; The Good Child; and The Deaf Mute's dent,

Friend. Gerhard, Benjamin, lawyer, author, was born in 1812 in Philadelphia, Pa. As a lawyer he ranked high; and he published several carefully edited text-books, among which are Starkie on Evidence; and Joshua Williams's Principles of the Law of Personal Property. He died June 18, 1864, in Philadelphia, Pa. Gerhard, William Wood, physician, author, was born July 23, 1809, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was one of the physicians to the Pennsylvania hospital of New York City; where he lectured to a large class of students, and for twenty-five years was the senior physician to that institution. He was the author of Diagnosis of Chest Diseases; Spotted Fever; Fevers; and Clinical Guide. He died April 28, 1872, in Philadelphia, Pa. Gerhardt, Joseph, soldier, was born in Germany. In 1861 he became major in the forty-sixth regiment New York infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He died Aug. 19, 1881.

Gerhardt, Karl, sculptor, artist, was born Jan. 7, 1853, in Boston, Mass. His notable works include busts of General U. S. Grant, Henry Ward Beecher, Samuel L. Clemens; and statues of Nathan Hale and John Fitch.

Emanuel Vogel,

educator, clergypresident, author, was born He was pro13, 1817, in Freeburg, Pa. fesor of theology in theological seminary of the Reformed church college. He is the au-

Gerhart,

man, June

college

thor of Philosophy and Logic; Monograph of the Reformed Church; Child's Heidelberg Catechism; and Institutes of the Christian Religion. He died in 1904 in Lancaster, Pa. Gericke, Wilhelm, musician, composer, was April 18, 1845_, in Syria. He has been a conductor in Vienna. In 1884-89 and since 1898 he has been conductor of the Boston symphony orchestra. He is the au-

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thor of Songs and Orchestra works.

German, Obadiah, soldier, jurist, United States senator, was born in 1767 in Dutchess county, N.Y. In 1809-15 he was United States senator from New York. He was first judge of Chenango county for several years; and subsequently brigadier-general of militia. He died Sept. 24, 1842, in Norwich, N.Y. 1845. Germon, EfSe, actress, was bom She has attained prominence as one of the foremost actresses in the United States; and resides in Augusta, Ga. Gerould, Gordon Hall, educator, author, was bom Oct. 4, 1877, in GofiFstown, N.H.

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