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Gifford, Archer

lawyer, author, was born in 1797 in Newark, N. J. He published a Digest of the Statutory and Constitutional Constructions delivered in the Supreme Court and Court of Errors and Appeals of New Jersey; and Unity of the Liturgy. He died May 12, 1859, in Newark, N. J.

Gifford, Miram W

clergyman, author, was born June 3, 1851, in Canada. For over a quarter of a century he has been actively engaged in the ministry of the methodist episcopal church, and now fills a pastorate in Howell, Mich. He has received the degrees of M. A. and Ph. D.; and is the author of several scientific and philosophical works, the most notable of which is Laws of the Soul, or the Science of Religion and the Future Life.

Gifford, Orin P

clergyman, reformer, was born April 15, 1847, in Montague, Mass. Since 1894 he has filled a pastorate in Brooklyn, N. Y. Besides his church work he has always taken an active part in municipal reform work. as

Gifford, Robert Swain

artist, was born Dec. 23, 1840, in Naushon, Mass.

He made an extensive sketching tour in Oregon and California in 1869, and furnished views from these states to Picturesque America. GIFFORD, SANFORD ROBINSON, landscape painter, was born in Saratoga county, N. Y. His best works are The Storm; and Camp of the Seventh Regiment.

Giger, George Musgrave

clergyman, was born June 6, 1822, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was elected adjunct professor of Greek in 1846, and professor of Latin in 1854 in Princeton university. He bequeathed his books and thirty thousand dollars to that college. He died Oct. 11, 1865, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Gilbert, Abijah

merchant, United States senator, was born June 18, 1806, in Gilbertsville, N. Y. He was a student at Hamilton college, but ill-health prevented him from graduating.

He engaged in mercantile pursuits in New York and elsewhere. He removed to Florida for the health of his family; and was elected senator in congress from that state for the term commenca ing in 1869 and ending in 1875. He died Nov. 23, 1881, in Otsego county, N. Y.

Gilbert, Alexander

banker, was born Aug. 10, 1839, in Elizabeth, N. J. In 1883 he was elected vice-president of the Market's bank of New York; and in 1890 was elected mayor of Plainfield, N. J.

Gilbert, Benjamin

miller, author, was born in 1711 near Philadelphia, Pa.

He was a miller of Northumberland, Pa., who wrote on theological themes. Truth Defended; Discourses on Perfection; and Further Discourses on Sin, Election, Reprobation and Baptism. He died June 8, 1780, on St. Lawrence River.

Gilbert, Charles Henry

zoölogist, author, was born in 1859 in Illinois.

He is an ichthyologist, professor of zoölogy at Stanford university; and the author of Synopsis of the Fishes of North America.

GILBERT, DAVID MCCONAUGHY, clergyman, author, was born Feb. 4, 1836, in Gettysburg, Pa. He is a lutheran clergyman of Virginia; and the author of The Lutheran Church in Virginia, 1776- 1876; The Synod of Virginia; The Annihilation Theory Briefly Examined; and Muhlenberg's Ministry in Virginia.

Gilbert, Edward

journalist, congressman, was born in Albany, N. Y. He founded and became editor-in-chief of the daily Alta California, thus being the pioneer of the daily press of San Francisco. He served as a representative in congress from 1850 to 1851. He died in 1862 in California.

Gilbert, Ezekiel

congressman, was born in 1755 in Middletown, Conn.

He was a member of congress from New York from 1793 to 1797. He died in July, 1842, in Hudson, N. Y.