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Gere, George Grant

surgeon, author, was born Dec. 27, 1848, in Greene, N. Y. In 1886 he was appointed to the chair of surgery in the California Medical college. He has published a series of Lectures on Callopractic Surgery.

Gere, George W

lawyer, prohibitionist, was born March 22, 1843, in Clark county, Ill. He is a prominent lawyer of Champaign, Ill.; and in 1896 was a candidate for governor on the prohibitionist ticket.

Gerend, M. M

clergyman, college president, author, was born June 17, 1858, in Sheboygan, Wis. He became president of the St. Francis college, and in 1895 president of St. John's institute for deaf mutes. He is the author of Eugene Christian; A Tale of College Life; In and About St. Francis; and the editor of The Good Child.

Gerhard, Benjamin

lawyer, author, was born in 1812 in Philadelphia, Pa. As a lawyer he ranked high, and published several carefully edited text-books, among which are Starkie on Evidence; and Joshua Williams's Principles of the Law of Personal Property. He died June 18, 1864, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Gerhard, William Paul

civil engineer, author, was born July 30, 1854, in Germany. He is a sanitary engineer of New York city; and the author of Theater Fires and Panics; Anlagen von Haus- Erwässerungen; Diagram for Sewer Calculations; House Drainage and Sanitary Plumbing; Guide to General House Inspection; Domestic Sanitary Appliances; and Prinzipien der Haus-Kanalization, his principal writings.

Gerhard, William Wood

physician, author, was born July 23, 1809, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is a Philadelphia physician; and the author of Diagnosis of Chest Diseases; Spotted Fever; Fevers; and Clinical Guide. He died April 28, 1872, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Gerhart, Emanuel Vogel

educator, college president, clergyman, author, was born June 13, 1817, in Freeburg, Pa.

He is a German reformed clergyman of Lancaster, Pa., professor of theology in Franklin and Marshall college; and the author of Philosophy and Logic; Monograph of the Reformed Church; Child's Heidelberg Catechism; and Institutes of the Christian Religion.

Gering, Henry R

pharmaceutical chemist, was born April 27, 1868, in Cedar Falls, Iowa. He is president of the Nebraska State Pharmaceutical association; city treasurer of Plattsmouth, Neb.; secretary of the board of trade; and examiner to the Nebraska board of pharmacy.

German, Obadiah

United States senator, was born in 1767 in Dutchess county, N. Y. He was a senator in congress from New York from 1809 to 1815: He died Sept. 24, 1842.

Gerrish, Theodore

clergyman, author, was born in 1846. He is a clergyman of Portland, Maine; and the author of Army Life; Will Newton, the Young Volunteer; Life in the World's Wonderland; and The Blue and the Gray, an army history.

Gerry, Elbridge

lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 6, 1815, in Waterford, Maine. In 1840 he was clerk of the house of representatives of Maine; and in 1843 was elected state's attorney for Oxford county. In 1846 he was elected to the state legislature; and was a representative in congress from Maine from 1849 to 1851.

Gerry, Elbridge Thomas

lawyer, was born Dec. 25, 1837, in New York city.

In 1867 he served the state as a member of the convention to revise the state constitution. In 1874 he was conspicuous in founding the society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and since 1879-has been its president. was