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Goddard, Calvin Luther

inventor, was born Jan. 20, 1820, in Covington, N. Y. He patented solid packing burring machines, and feed-rolls as an attachment for the carding-machine; and has devised several valuable improvements for this machine.

Goddard, Josiah

clergyman, missionary, was born Oct. 27, 1813, in Wendell, Mass. In 1838 he was appointed a missionary to the Chinese in Siam. He prepared several tracts, an English and Chinese vocabulary, and a translation of the New Testament into Chinese. He died Sept. 4, 1854, in China.

Goddard, Paul Beck

physician, author, was born Jan. 26, 1811, in Baltimore. He acquired reputation through his work as an editor of medical books.

These include a series of twelve plates On the Arteries, and a similar series On the Nerves. He died July 3, 1866, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Goddard, William

printer, journalist, was born in 1740, in New London, Conn. In 1766 he removed to Philadelphia, where he published the Pennsylvania Chronicle. In 1773 he went to Baltimore and established a daily newspaper. He died Dec. 23, 1817, in Providence, R. I.

Godey, Louis Antoine

journalist, author, was born June 6, 1804, in New York city. In 1830 he founded Godey's Lady's Book, the first periodical of the kind published, which was continued by him with great success until 1877, when it was sold to a stock company. He died Nov. 29, 1878, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Godfrey, Thomas

soldier, author, poet, was born Dec. 4, 1736, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a lieutenant in the colonial militia who possessed much poetic ability, and was the first dramatic author in America. He was the author of The Court of Fancy; and Juvenile Poems on Various Subjects, with The Prince of Parthia, a Tragedy. He died July 26, 1763, near Wilmington, N. C.

Godkin, Edwin Lawrence

journalist, author, was born Oct. 2, 1831, in Ireland. He is a prominent journalist of New York city. He came to America in 1856, and since 1865 has been editor of The Nation, and from 1881 of the Evening Post. He is the author of Government; History of Hungary; Reflections and Comments; and Problems of Democracy.

Godman, John D

physician, naturalist, author, was born Dec. 20, 1794, in Annapolis, Md. He was a physician and naturalist of Cincinnati and New York.

He was the author of Rambles of a Naturalist; American Natural History; Irregularities of Structure and Morbid Anatomy; and Anatomical Investigations. He died April 17, 1830, in Germantown, Pa.

Godon, Sylvanus William

naval officer, was born June 18, 1809, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was appointed midshipman in 1819. He was made commander in 1855, and captain in 1861. He died May 10, 1879, in France.

Godshalk, William

merchant, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Oct. 25, 1817, in East Nottingham, Pa. He was associate judge of Bucks county from 1871 to 1876; and was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the fortysixth and forty-seventh congresses as a republican.

Goebel, Julius

educator, philologist, author, was born in 1857, in Germany. He has been a philologist, and professor at Leland Stanford Junior university since 1892. He is the author of a number of German works.

Goerz, David

clergyman, educator, was born June 2, 1849, in Southern Russia. During 1874-75 he taught in a German school in Illinois, near St. Louis, Mo. In 1880 he organized the Mennonite Mutual Fire Insurance company in Kansas; in 1887 organized the Bethel College corporation of Newton, Kan., in which institution he is now a clergyman.