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;iii(l undoubtedly Mr. (Jihson's work has had an 

 ell'ect ii|)on teachers and upon sonic pupils, and thus 

 indirectly lias had an educational influence. The 

 work which he did was wholesome and stimulating. 

 Not a scientist himself, in the exact meaning of the 

 phrase, he did im>iv to encourage certain branches 

 of popular science than the majority of specialists. 

 His earnestness, enthusiasm, and tireless energy. 

 and his charm of expression with pen, pencil, and 

 brush invested his life work with a personal dis- 

 tinction of an unusual kind. Mr. Gibson's winter 

 home was in Brooklyn, and his summers were spent 

 in Washington, Conn, lie was a member of the 

 American Water-color Society, the Century Aso- 

 cial ion. and the Authors Club. 



Gile, George Washington, military officer, 

 born in Bethlehem, X. II., in 1829; died in Phila- 

 delphia. Pa.. Feb. 26. 1896. He removed to Phila- 

 delphia in youth, and in the civil war entered 

 the National service as a lieutenant in the 22(1 

 Pennsylvania Infantry. On July 28, 1866, he was 

 commissioned first lieutenant in the 45th United 

 States Infantry: on Feb. 4, 1868, was promoted 

 captain: in 1869 was placed on the unassigned list 

 on the reorganization of the army; and on Dec. 15, 

 1870. was retired on account of disability resulting 

 from wounds received in the service. He was bre- 

 vet-ted captain, major, and lieutenant colonel in the 

 regular army, and colonel and brigadier general of 

 volunteers on March 2. 1867. and was retired with 

 the full rank of colonel in the regular army. 



Gillaiu, Bernard, caricaturist, born in Banbury, 

 England, in October. 18,36: died in Canajoharie, 

 X. Y., Jan 19, 1896. He came to the, United States 

 with his parents in 1866 ; was educated at Williams- 

 burg, X. Y. ; became a clerk in a lawyer's office ; 

 and began making drawings for illustrated periodi- 

 cals in J876. For two or three years he contributed 

 drawings to "Frank Leslie's Illustrated News- 

 paper," "Harper's Weekly," and the "New York 

 Graphic": and then engaged in portrait painting, 

 his first subject being Henry Ward Beecher. He 

 was employed for several years as cartoonist on 

 "Puck." On the establishment of "Judge" he 

 joined its art staff, subsequently became a part 

 owner of the paper, and remained with it till his 

 death, applying himself chiefly to cartoons on po- 

 litical subjects. 



Goddard, Farley Brewer, Egyptologist, born 

 in .Maiden. Mass., in 1858; died in Eastman, Ga., 

 March 18. 1S96. lie was graduated at Harvard 

 College in 1881, distinguishing himself particularly 

 in Latin and Greek studies, and was appointed a 

 tutor there in those branches. Within a year his 

 delicate constitution broke down, and he retired to 

 the mountain region of Monadnock, where he ap- 

 plied himself to archaeological study. About ten 

 years ago the managers of the Egyptian Explora- 

 tion Fund in London offered to make a place among 

 their agents in Egypt for an American scholar, and 

 Mr. Goddard was selected. He went to Paris in 

 1887, and joined Prof. Flinders Petrie and the 

 other English and Continental explorers in Egypt. 

 Fie worked there for two years, and then returned 

 to resume his place at Harvard. His health again 

 gave way, and he sought his former Monad nock re- 

 treat, where he remained till January. 1896, when 

 his physicians ordered him to the pine belt of 

 Georgia. lie received the degree of Ph.D. from 

 Harvard in 1888; was co-author of several text- 

 books: and had gathered much material on the 

 archaeology of the Rameses and Pharaohs. 



Goode, George Brown, naturalist, born in Xew 

 Albany, Ind., Feb. 13. 1851: died in Washington. 

 T). 0., Sept. 6. 189'6. II is parents settled near Amenia, 

 N. Y.. in 1857, where the boy grew to maturity and 

 developed a fondness for natural history. He was 



irraduated at Wesleyan University in 1870, and 

 then studied under the elder Agassi/. Early in 

 1*71 he returned to Middletown to take Hiar. 

 the natural-history collection of the museum. In 

 ItST.'! he became an assistant in the I'nited States 

 Fish Commission, and thereafter, until IKSO, |, ( . \\ ; ,v 

 regularly a member of one of the summer parties. 

 During 1S77-'7S lie was statistical expert for the 

 Department of State in the Fisheries Arbitration 

 Commission of the I'nited States and Great Britain 

 held in Halifax, X. S.. and in 1879 he was given 

 charge of the investigation of the fisheries for the 

 tenth census. In 1873 he also became regularly 

 connected with the scientific staff of the United 

 States National Museum, and for a time received 

 as his only compensation specimens of natural his- 

 tory, which he in turn presented to the museum in 

 Middletown, where he retained his connection until 

 1877. From assistant curator he advanced by 

 steps to the office of assistant director, and in ls*7 

 he was appointed assistant secretary of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, in charge of the United States 

 National Museum, which office he held until his 

 death. His monographs " Museums of the F'uture " 

 (1890) and " Principles of Museum Administration '' 

 (1895), together with his "Annual Reports " as 

 director of the National Museum, are accepted as 

 authorities. He was intrusted by Secretary Bayard 

 with the installation of the Smithsonian exhibits at 

 the Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia in 

 1876, and he served as tJnited States commissioner 

 to the fisheries exhibitions that were held in Berlin 

 in 1880 and London in 1883. Dr. Goode repre- 

 sented the Smithsonian Institution and the Na- 

 tional Museum on the Government boards at the 

 minor exhibitions held in New Orleans (1884), in 

 Cincinnati (1888), in Louisville (1888), and more re- 

 cently in Atlanta (1895). and he was associated in 

 the management of the Government exhibit at the 

 World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago 

 during 1893, for which he prepared the plan of clas- 

 sification. He was also a commissioner to the 

 Columbian Historical Exposition held in Madrid. 

 Spain, during the winter months of 1892-'93, and 

 after the death of the commissioner general he 

 acted in that capacity. In recognition of his serv- 

 ices at the various expositions he received a bronze 

 medal in Berlin and a gold one in London, where 

 his installation was recognized as ' the only thing 

 done in the true spirit of modern science." The 

 Spanish Government conferred on him the decora- 

 tion of the Order of Isabella the Catholic with the 

 grade of commander. From his boyhood he was 

 interested in genealogy and history. His fondness 

 for the former subject is shown in his " Virginia 

 Cousins" (Richmond, 1886). Of similar nature was 

 his editorship of the "Alumni Record of Wesleyan 

 University." His papers "The Beginnings of 

 Natural History in America" (1886), "The Begin- 

 nings of American Science " (1889), ' The Origin of 

 the National. Scientific, and Educational Institu- 

 tions of the United States" (1890). gained for him 

 the reputation of being the historian of American 

 science. He was one of the founders of the Ameri- 

 can Historical Society. His bibliography includes 

 over 400 titles of scientific, historical, and museum 

 papers, contributed to proceedings of societies and 

 periodicals, and the following volumes: "Cata- 

 logue of the Fishes of the Bermudas " (Washington, 

 1876): "Classification of the Collection to illustrate 

 the Animal Resources of the United States" (1876): 

 "Catalogue of the Collection to illustrate the Ani- 

 mal Resources and Fisheries of the United States 

 exhibited at Philadelphia in 1876 by the Smithso- 

 nian Institution and United States National Mu- 

 seum " (1879); ''The Nature and Economic History 

 of the American Menhaden" (1879); "American 



