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Goodnow, Frank Johnson

educator, author, was born in 1859 in Long Island. He has been professor of administrative law in Columbia university since 1884; and is the author of Comparative Administrative Law; and Municipal Home Rule.

Goodrich, Aaron

lawyer, jurist, author, was born July 6, 1807, in Sempronius, N. Y. In 1849 he was appointed chief justice of the United States district court for the territory of Minnesota, and was the first judge appointed for that district. He published a History of the So- Called Christopher Columbus.

Goodrich, Charles Rush

naturalist, author, was born March 16, 1829, in Troy, N. Y. He edited, with Prof. Benjamin Silliman, Jr., The World of Science, Art and Industry, illustrated with five hundred drawings from the New York exhibition of 1853; and was one of the editors of Practical Science and Mechanism. He died Aug. 22, 1855, in Flushing, N. Y.

Goodrich, Chauncey

clergyman, was born July 20, 1817, in Middletown, Conn. He resided in New Haven, occupied with literary labors, chief among which was the continuation of his father's work in the revision of Webster's dictionary. He died March 27, 1868, in New Haven, Conn.

Goodrich, Chauncey Allen

clergyman, author, was born Oct. 23, 1790, in New Haven, Conn. He was a congregational clergyman and professor at Yale university, in 1817-60. He published Greek and Latin Lessons; A Greek Grammar; was the editor and reviser of Webster's Dictionary, and also edited Select British Eloquence, with careful critical notes. He died Feb. 25, 1860, in New Haven, Conn.

Goodrich, Elizur

clergyman, astronomer, author, was born Oct. 26, 1734, in Wethersfield, Conn. He was an able astronomer, and spent much of his time in calculating the eclipses of each successive year, and published the fullest and most accurate account of the aurora borealis of 1780. He was a candidate for governor of Connecticut; and was the author of a volume of sermons and addresses. He died Nov. 22, 1797, in North Norfolk, Conn.

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Goodrich, Elizur

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born March 24, 1761, in Durham, Conn. He was professor of law in Yale college, and for many years the efficient mayor of New Haven. was twice elected to the state legislature; was a judge of the county and probate courts for fifteen years; was a presidential elector in 1797; and was a representative in congress from Connecticut from 1799 to 1801. He died Nov. 1, 1849, in New Haven, Conn.

Goodrich, Frank Boot

author, was born Dec. 14, 1826, in Boston, Mass.

He was a dramatist and miscellaneous writer of New York city, and the author of The Court of Napoleon; Man Upon the Sea; Tri-Colored Sketches of Paris; The Tribute Book; World-Famous Women; Women of Beauty and Heroism; and History of Maritime Adventure.

Goodrich, John Z

manufacturer, congressman, was born Sept. 27, 1801, in Sheffield, Mass. He was a presidential elector in 1841; served in the state legislature in 1848 and 1849, and was a representative in congress from 1851 to 1855, from his native state. In 1861 he was appointed collector of Boston, and was a delegate to the peace congress of 1861.

Goodrich, Milo

lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 13, 1820, in Homer, N. Y. He was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1867, and was elected to the forty-second congress as a a republican.

Goodrich, Ralph Leland

lawyer, philologist, author, was born Aug. 27, 1840, in Oswego, N. Y. In 1873 he was appointed clerk of the United States circuit and district courts. He is a proficient Sanskrit scholar, and has published several excellent translations from the Vedas.