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and discovered and marked a coi"al bank north- east from Madeira; and after his return to the United States lie was given leave of absence to transfer the Egyptian obelisk known as Cleo- patra's Needle from Alexandria to the Central Park, New York city. The ancient monolith with its jjedestal liad been jjresented to the United States by the Khedive Ismail in 1879, when the Suez canal was opened, and in the absence of a government approjjriation to remove the obelisk, William K. Vanderbilt assumed the expense and employed Commander Gorringe to engineer the transportation, which he successfully accom- plished, 18T9-80, at a cost of §103,732. The shaft, which is 09 feet in height, was erected at Heli- opolis about 1600 B.C., and removed to Alexan- dria in 22 B.C. On his return to active service in the navy Commander Gorringe incuri'ed the displeasure of the officials of the department by criticising naval matters in public, and he re- signed and organized the American ship building company, Philadelphia, Pa. The company failed from want of cajiital. He was injured by attempting to board a moving train, the accident resulting in his death. His grave at Sparkill, N.Y., in marked with a monument an exact miniature copy of the obelisk. He published Ihstoi-y of Egyptian Obelisks (188.5). He died in New York city, July 7, 1885.

GOSHORN, Alfred Traber, director, was born in Cincinnati, Oliio, July 15, 1833; son of Nicholas and Lorenia (Cutter) Goshorn; and grandson of Seth Cutter, a pioneer. He was graduated from Marietta college, Ohio, in 1854, studied law in Cincinnati, 1854-57, and prac- tised there, 1857-61. He was major of the 137th Ohio infantry throughout the civil war, 1861-65, and at the close of the war he engaged in manu- facturing. He was president of the Cincinnati annual industrial exposition, 1869-72; and direc- tor-general of the Centennial exposition at Phil- adelphia, 1873-77. He was elected a trustee of Marietta college in 1871, and received the degree of LL.D. from that institution in 1877. He was one of the organizers of the Cincinnati art mu- seum in 1881, and from that time the director of the institution.

QOTTHEIL, Qustav, rabbi, was born in Pinne, Prussia, May 28, 1827; son of Bernhard and Bertha Gottheil, and grandson of Rabbi Akiba Aversbach of Frausladt. He was educated ac- cording to the rabbinical code and the Piiissian system of secvilar and classical education and later on attended the lectures at the Berlin uni- versity and the institute for Jewish literature, where Zuny, Lebrecht, Steinschneider and others taught. He was assistant to Dr. Samuel Hold- heim at the Reform Temple of Berlin till 1860, was rabbi to the congregation of British Jews at

Manchester, England, 1860-73, and in 1873 be- came rabbi of Tenxple Emanu El in New York. Liberal in his opinions, without, however, aban- doning the historic foundations of Judaism, Dr. Gottheil became one of the leadei's of the Reform branch of his church, and his methods of work did much to bring Chri-stian and Jewish believ- ers nearer to eaoli other. He founded the Sister- hoods of Personal Service (to the pot)r) which came to be attached to every important S3na- gogue in New Y'ork and other large American cities. He is the author of: Hymns and Anthems for Jew hh Worship; a.nd Sun and Shield for daily reading.

QOTTSCHALK, Louis Moreau, musician, was born in New Orleans, La., May 8, 1829; son of Edward and Aimee (de Bruslfe) Gottschalk; grandson of Capt. Theodat Camille de Brusle; and great-grandson of Commandant Antoine de Brusle. His great-grandfather, who was com- mandant or governor of a part of the island of Santo Domingo, was killed in the in- surrection and mas- sacre there, and Cap- tain de Brusle, his son, escaped to Louisi- iana. Gottschalk's mother was an ac- complished musician, and his father was a broker of wealth and culture. The boy evinced extraordi- nary musical talent at the age of three, and soon after was given I'egular instruction. He studied the piano, violin and organ in New Orleans, and at the age of seven played at sight a mass at St. Louis' cathedral. In 1843 he went to Paris, where he studied the piano under Halle and Camille Stamaty and composi- tion under Maleden. In 1845 he gave in Paris his first concert, at which Chopin, who was present, jiredicted that he would become " the king of pianists." His first composition, " Danse Ossian- ique," appeared in 1846 and was followed in 1847 by " Les Ballades d'Ossian. " He gave successful concerts in Sedan in 1847 and 1848, and about this time composed "Bambcula," "Bananier" and " Les Colliers d'Or." In 1850 he went to Switzerland, where he gave several concerts, and he afterward played in Paris and in several Span- ish cities. In 1852 was made an honorary member of the Acadfmie Artistique of Madrid, He returned to America in January, 1853, and gave his first American concert at Niblo's thea- tre. New York city, Feb. 11, 1853, which was followed by a second, and by concerts in Phila-

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