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GOODYEAR

licr (1894) ; The Head of n Hiimlred (1865) ; White Aprons, a Romance of Bacon's liebellion (1896); Dolly Madison (1896); Flint: His Fatilts, His Friendships, and His Fortunes (1897); Fort Amstei'- dam in the Days of the Dutch (1897) and contri- butions to periodical literature.

GOODWIN, Nathaniel Carl, actor, was born in Boston, Mass., July 25, 1857; son of Nathaniel C. and Caroline K. Goodwin. He attended the public schools of Boston, also a private school at Farmington, Maine, and began his professional career by giving imitations of prominent people in drawing-rooms and at small entertain- ments. In this way he came to the notice of Stuart Robson, with whom he made his debut on March 5, 1873. at the Howard Atheuwum, Boston, Mass. , in " Law in New York," having been engaged at a salary of five dol- lars per week to act the part of a boot- black and give imi- tations. His next engagement was at the Eagle theatre, New Y'ork city, at a salary of S1.50 per week, and the fol- lowing season he returned to the Howard Athenaeum at the same salary. He continued to act in various comedy parts till 1879 when he entered upon his career as a star. In 1883 he was selected to represent comedy at the first American dramatic festival held at Cincinnati, Ohio, where he appeared as Modus in "The Hunchback" and as a grave-digger in "Ham- let." In 1890 he visited London, opening as Silas Wolcott in " A Gold Mine." Later he played a cockney dialect part in "The Bookmaker," which was favorably commented upon. Among the plays in which he appeared are Hobbies, Cruets, Confusion. The Skating Bink, The Gold Mine, Turned Up. The Nominee, A Gilded Fool, In Mizzourl, David Garrick. The Bivals, Gay Deceiver, Bottom in A Midsummer Nic/ht's Dream, Marc Antony in Julius Ca'sar, Richard in Sichard III., and the title role in Nathan Hale. He also appeared in the light operas Pinafore a.nd Patience. and made a pronounced success as Prince Lo- renzo in Tlie Mascot.

GOODWIN, William Watson, philologist, vs'as born in Concord. Jlass., May 9, 1831; son of Hersey Bradford and Lucretia Ann (Watson) Goodwin; grandson of William and Lydia (Sampson) Goodwin and of Benjamin Marston and Lucretia Burr (Sturges) Watson; and a de-

scendant of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins, Myles Standish. Edward Winslow, Richard War- ren and several others of the Mayflower. He was graduated from Harvard in 1851 and continued his studies at Bonn, Berlin and Gottingen, from which last he received the degree of Ph.D. in 1855. He was a tutor at Harvard, 1856-60, and then became Eliot professor of Greek literature. He was also the first director of the American school of classical studies at Athens, Greece, 1882-83; and president of the American philo- logical association in 1872 and 1885. He was elected to membership in various learned socie- ties both at home and abroad, and became a knight of the Greek order of the Saviour in 1883. He received the degree of LL.D. from the Uni- versity of Cambridge, England, in 1888 ; from Columbia in 1887 ; from Edinburgh university, Scotland, in 1890 ; and from Harvard university in 1891 ; and tliat of D.C.L. from Oxford in 1890. He retired from his professorship at Harvard in. 1901. He made numerous contributions to liter- ary and pliilological periodicals. He published Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb (1860, 3d ed., 1890) ; Elementary Greek Gram- mar (1870, enlarged editions, 1879 and 1892) ; and a revision of the ti'anslation of Plutarch's Morals "by Several Hands " (5 vols., 1871).

GOODYEAR, Charles, inventor, was born in New Haven, Conn., Dec. 29, 1800; son of Amasa and Cynthia (Bateman) Goodyear. His father was the inventor of the steel pronged hay-fork, a manufacturer of pearl and metal buttons and a hardware dealer. The son was educated at the public schools of New Haven and entered the Philadelphia

house of Rogers Brothers to learn the liardware business. In 1821 he became a partner with his father at Naugatuok, Conn., and removed to Philadelphia in 1826 to open a store in that city. The firm failed in 1830. In 1834 he began his experi- ments to harden In-. dia-rubber so as to render it available in making shoes and for other purposes. He first tried boiling the gum with magnesia in quick-lime and water and patented the process in 1835, and in 1836 discovered the nitric acid curing process, and this enabled him to induce capital to invest in the manufacture. The panic of 1837 swept away his partner's fortune and the inventor was again ]ienniless and was repeatedly imprisoned

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