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Robert, soldier, legislator, was

Gilchrist,

born Aug. 21, 1825, in Jersey CSty, N.J. He was a member of the New Jersey legislature in 1859. At the first call for troops in 1861 he went to the front as a captain in the second New Jersey regiment. In 1875 he was a candidate for the United States senate. He died July 6, 1888, in Jersey City, N.J.

Robert Budd, lawyer, jurist, was 28, 1796, in South Carolina. About 1841 he was appointed United States judge for the district of South Carolina; and for a time held the same position in Gilchrist,

bom

Sept.

Georgia.

He

died

May

1,

1856, in Charles-

ton, S.C. Gilchrist, William E., soldier, planter, was born in South Carolina. He moved to South Carolina; and about 1845 settled in Quincy, Fla. He became one of the largest slave owners and land proprietors in Florida. The His son, civil war swept away his estate. Albert Waller Gilchrist, became governor of

Florida in 1909. Gilchrist,

William Wallace, musician, com-

poser, was born Jan. 8, 1846, in Jersey City, N.J, He has won three prizes for compositions from the Mendelssohn glee club of New York City; and in 1882 the Cincinnati May festival prize was awarded him. His principal works are Ode to the Sun; and

Autumn Dreaming. Gilder, Jeannette Leonard, journalist, dramatist, author, poet, was born Oct. 3, 1849, in Flushing, N.Y. In 1875 she joined the staff of the New York Herald as a book reviewer; and in 1880, in coimection with her brother, Joseph Benson Gilder, started the Critic. In 1876 she wrote a play entitled Quits, which was brought out in the Chestnut Street theater of Philadelphia. She

dramatized a Wonderful Woman for Rose Ey tinge; Sevenoaks for John T. Raymond; and a Comedy for Harry Becket. Gilder,

John Francis,

was born April

pianist,

composer,

1835, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is noted for his correct interpretation of Gottschalk's compositions; and as a concert pianist he has been heard in the principal cities and towns of the United States. 3,

Gilder, Joseph B., journalist, critic, author, was born in Flushing, N.Y. In 1881 he founded with his sister, Jeannette L. Gilder, the Critic of New York City. He is the author of Essays from the Critic; Authors at Home; The American Idea; and

other works. Gilder, Richard Watson, journalist, author, poet, was born Feb. 8, 1844, in Bordentown, N.J. Since 1881 he has been editor-in-chief of The Century Magazine. He is the author of The New Day; The Celes-

Passion; Two Worlds; Lyrics; The Great Remembrance, and Other Poems; and Five Books of Song. Ts-Wch include all of tial

collected poems up to the year 1894. Since then he has published In Palestine and

his

Other Poems. Gilder, Robert coverer, artist,

Fletcher,

was bom

journalist, disOct. 6, 1856, in

Flushing, N.Y. Since 1900 he has been news editor of the Omaha World-Herald. In 1904 he discovered prehistoric flint quarries in eastern Wyoming;, and in 1906 he discovered the oldest human remains ever found in America. He is a painter of Wyoming and Nebraska landscapes. Gilder, William Henry, clergyman, was born Sept. 17, 1812, in Philadelphia, Pa. He became chaplain of the fortieth regiment of New York volunteers at the beginning of the civil war; and remained in active service until his death.

He

died April 13, 1864,

Brandy Station, Va.

at

Gilder,

William Henry, explorer, author,

was born Aug.

He

is

16, 1838, in Philadelphia, Pa. his

an Arctic explorer; and while on

expeditions

acted as correspondent of the Herald. He was the author of Schwatka's Search; and Ice Pack and Tundra. He died in 1900 in Bordentown, N.Y.

New York

Gildersleeve, Basil Lanneau, educator, journalist, author, was born Oct. 23, 1831, in Charleston, S.C. He has been a professor of Greek at Johns Hopkins university since 1876; and editor of the American journal of Philology from its establishment. He is

the author of Essays and Studies; has published a Latin

Grammar; and

editions of

Justin Martyr and the Odes of Pindar.

Henry Alger, soldier, lawyer, was born on Aug. 1, 1840, in Duchess

Gildersleeve, jurist,

county, N.Y. He served as captain and major during the civil war; and was brevetted lieutenant-colonel for gallantry and meritorious services in the Georgia and Carolina campaigns. He was secretary and president of the national rifle association. In 1876-89 he was judge of the court of general sessions; and in 1891-94 was judge of the superior court. Since 1894 he has been justice of the supreme court of New York. Gildersleeve,

Oliver,

merchant, shipbuild-

was born March 6, 1844, in Gildersleeve, Conn. He was educated in the district

er,

school

of

his

native

town; attended Chase private school in Middletown and studied

in

the

schools

public high of Hartford, At seventeen

Conn. years of age he began his business life in hia father's shipyard; and for ten years continued to work as a practical shipbuilder, inter-

spersed

by

frequent

trips to the United States, Canada and Europe. His firm built the United States gun-