Biographical Sketch of George Brown Goode 5 J J 



After this followed a large number of papers on fishes, 

 chiefly descriptions of species or monographs of groups. The 

 descriptive papers were nearly all written in association with 

 his excellent friend, Doctor Tarleton H. Bean, then Curator 

 of Fishes in the National Museum. 



In monographic work Doctor Goode took the deepest in- 

 terest, and he delighted especially in the collection of historic 

 data concerning groups of species. The quaint or poetical 

 features of such work were never overlooked by him. No- 

 table among these monographs are those of the Menhaden, 

 the Trunk-fishes, and the Sword-fishes. 



The economic side of science also interested him more and 

 more. That scientific knowledge could add to human wealth 

 or comfort was no reproach in his eyes. In his notable 

 monograph of the Menhaden, 1 the economic value as food or 

 manure of this plebeian fish received the careful attention 

 which he had given to the problems of pure science. 



Doctor Goode's power in organizing and coordinating prac- 

 tical investigations was shown in his monumental work 2 on 

 the American fisheries for the tenth Census in 1880. The 

 preparation of the record of the fisheries and associated 

 aquatic industries was placed in his hands by Francis A. 

 Walker, Superintendent of the Census. Under Doctor 

 Goode's direction skilled investigators were sent to every 

 part of the coast and inland waters of the country. A gen- 

 eral survey of the aquatic resources, actual and possible, of 

 the United States was attempted, and statistics of every kind 

 were secured on a grand scale. His directions to field 

 agents, still unpublished, were models in their way, and no 



1 " The Natural and Economical History 2 The Fisheries and Fishery Industry of 



of the American Menhaden." Contained in the United States." Prepared through the 



Appendix A of Part 5 of " Report of United cooperation of the Commissioner of Fisheries 



States Commission of Fish and Fisheries," and the Superintendent of the Tenth Census, 



for 1877, Washington, 1879. Washington, 1884. 



