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Gilder, William Henry

explorer, author, was born Aug. 16, 1835, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is an Arctic explorer; and the author of Schwatka's Search; and Ice Pack and Tundra.

GILDERSLEEVE, BASIL LANNEAU, educator, journalist, author, was born Oct. 23, 1831, in Charleston, S. C. He has been a professor of Greek at Johns Hopkins university from 1876, and editor of the American Journal of Philology from its establishment. He is the author of Essays and Studies, and has published a Latin Grammar, and editions of Justin Martyr and the Odes of Pindar.