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HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OP AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. his orchestration of Kheinberger Tarantella was successfully performed by the exposition orchestra at St. Louis in 1904. He is the author of Music as a Language; Complete Music Analysis; Analytical Harmony;

Theory of Interpretation; The Art of Song; Guide in Memorizing; System of Strict Counterpoint; and other works. Goodrich, Casper Frederick, naval

officer,

was born Jan. 7, 1847, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was naval attache on the staff of Sir Garnet Wolseley during the Tel-el-Kebir campaign of 1882; and commanded the Jamestown Constellation and Concord. In 1897 he was president of the naval war college. During the Spanish-American war he commanded the cruiser St. Louis and the United States steamship Newark, rendering important services on both of those vessels. In 1899 he was assigned to the com-

mand

of the battleship Iowa.

Goodrich, Charles Augustus, clergyman, state senator, author, was born in 1790 in Ridgefield, Conn. In 1848 he moved to Hartford, Conn., where he held a pastorate; and was a member of the state senate. He was the author of Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence; History of the United States; View of Religions; Family Tourist; Great Events of American History; Outlines of Geography; and UniHe died Jan. 4, 1862, in versal Traveler: Hartford, Conn.

Goodrich,

Charles

Rush,

naturalist,

au-

was born March 16, 1829, in Troy, N. Y. He edited, with Benjamin Silliman, The World of Science, Art and Industry, illusthor,

trated 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, lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 20, 1759, in Durham, Conn. He was a representative in the Connecticut legislature in 1793; and in 17951801 he was a representative to the fourth, In 1802-07 he fifth and sixth congresses. was a councilor of the state; and in 180713 he was United States senator. He was elected lieutenant-governor in 1813; and was a delegate to the Hartford convention in He died Aug. 18, 1815, in Hartford, 1814. Conn. Goodrich, Chauncey, clergyman, philologist, was born July 20, 1817, in Middletown, Conn. He was occupied with literary labors, chief among which was the continuation of his father's work in the revision He died March of Webster's dictionary. 27, 1868, in New Haven, Conn. Chauncey Allen, clergyman, Goodrich, author, was born Oct. 23, 1790, in New Haven, Conn. He was a congregational clergyman; and professor at Yale university He was the author of Greek in 1817-60. and Latin Lessons; A Greek Grammar;

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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, Daniel A., bishop, author, was born Nov. 5, 1840, in Newburg, N.Y. In 1859-87 he was pastor to the churches in the vicinity of New York. In 1887 he was elected secretafy of the board of education. He is the author of Nature and Character at Granite Bay; The Thing Which Remains; and other works. Goodrich, E. R., soldier.

He

attained the

rank of brigadier-general during the

civil

war. He died April 22, 1893, in Boston, Mass. Goodrich, Elizur, clergyman, astronomer,

was bom Oct. 36, 1734, in WethersConn. He published the fullest and most accurate account of the aurora borealis of 1780. He was a candidate for governor of Connecticut. He was the author of a volume of sermons and addresses. He died Nov. 22, 1797, in North Norfolk, Conn. 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 mayor of New Haven, Conn. He 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 in 1799-1801 he was a representative from Connecticut to the sixth congress. He died Nov. 1, 1849, in New Haven, Conn. author, field,

Goodrich, Frank Boot, author, was bom Dec. 14, 1826, in Boston, Mass. He was first brought into notice by his Paris letters to the New York Times, signed Dick Tinto. He is 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 S., lawyer, jurist. In 1851 was appointed an associate justice of the supreme court of Michigan. Died before qualifying. He died in 1851 in Michigan. Goodrich, John Wallace, musician, was born May 27, 1871, in Newton, Mass. At the age of fourteen years he was organist in a Newton church. He composed a latin

hymn

for male voices, alto solo,

and orches-

Since 1897 he has been teacher of organ in the New England conservatory of music, at Boston, Mass. tra.

Goodrich, John Z., manufacturer, congressman, was bom on Sept. 27, 1801, in Sheffield, Mass. He was presidential elector in 1841; served in the state legislature in 1848-49; and in 1851-55 he was a representative to the thirty-second and thirtythird congresses. In 1861 he was appointed collector of Boston; and was a delegate to the peace congress of 1861. He died in Boston, Mass.