300 APPENDIX. 



GRATTAN, HENRY (1746-1820), an Irish statesman and orator, 

 son of a barrister. 



GRAY, ASA (1810-1888) [25], an American botanist, son of 

 Moses Gray (1785 — ) [40], who was son of Moses Wiley Gray 

 (1745 — ) [48], who was son of Robert Gray (1697 — ). See page 

 102. 



GRAY, THOMAS (1716-1771), an English poet and naturalist, 

 author of the "Elegy written in a Country Churchyard," son of Philip 

 Gray. 



GREELEY, HORACE (1811-1872), an American journalist, son 

 of Zaccheus Greeley. 



GROTIUS, HUGO (1583-1645), a Dutch jurist. 



GROVE, SIR WILLIAM ROBERT (1811— ), an English physi- 

 cist and inventor. 



GUESS, GEORGE (1770-1843), a half-breed Cherokee Indian, 

 inventor of the Cherokee alphabet, said to be the most perfect alphabet 

 in existence. 



GUIZOT, FRANCOIS PIERRE GUILLAUME (1787-1874), a 

 French statesman and historian, son of a distinguished lawyer who 

 died on the scaffold in 1794. 



GUNTER, EDMUND (1581-1626), an English mathematician, 

 son of a Welshman. He was inventor of Gunter's Chain, Gunter's 

 Line. Gunter's Quadrant, and Gunter's Scale. 



GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS (1594-1632) [44], king of Sweden, 

 son of Charles IX. (1550-1611 [54], who was youngest son of Gus- 

 tavus Vasa (1496-1560), who was from a younger branch of the noble 

 house of Vasa. 



GUTENBERG, JOHANN (1400-1468), the reputed inventor of 

 printing. His family was of noble lineage. 



GUYON, JEANNE MARIE BOUVIER DE LA MOTTE (1648- 

 1717), a French mystical writer, daughter of Claude Bouvier. 



HAECKEL, ERNST HEINRICH (1834—), a German natu- 

 ralist. 



