FÜHRER, Alois Anton, Ph.D.; author of ‘Dar-stellung der Lehre von deu Schriften in Brihaspati’s Dharmaçastra.’
FULTON, Robert Burwell, A.M., LL.D; Chancellor of the University of Mississippi.
FYFE, H. Hamilton; author of ‘A Player’s Tragedy,’ etc.
FYFFE, Charles Alan, M.A.; Barrister-at-Law; war correspondent to ‘Daily News’ in Franco-German War, 1870-71 ; author of ‘History of Greece,’ ‘A History of Modern Europe,’ ‘ The Land Question.’
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GADOW, Hans Friedrich, Ph.D., M.A., F.R.S.; Strickland Curator and Lecturer on Zoology, Cain-bridge; British Museum, Natural History Depart-ment, 1880-82 ; author of ‘In Northern Spain,’ ‘A Classification of Vertebrata,’ ‘Amphibia and Reptiles,’ and papers in scientific periodicals.
GAIRDNER, James, C.B., LL.D.; Clerk in Public Records Rice; Assistant-Keeper Public Records from 1859; edited the ‘Paston Letters,’ and many English annalists ; author of a ‘Life of Richard III., Studies in English History.’
GALLÉE, Johann Hendrik, Ph.D.; Professor of Comparative Philology and Teutonic Languages, University of Utrecht ; President of the Philological Society, Utrecht; author of ‘Altsächsische Sprach-denkmäler.’
GALLOWAY, Thomas., M.A., F.R.S., F.R.A.S.; Actuary to the Amicable Life Assurance Company of London, 1833-51 ; author of articles on astronomy and mathematics in scientific journals.
GALLWEY, Commander Edwin J. P., R.N.
GALLWEY, Lt.-Col. Henry Lionel, C.M.G., D.S.O.; Deputy Commissioner and Cousul, Niger Coast Protectorate; Acting, Consul-General, Oil Rivers Protectorate, 1896-98; served in Benin Expedition, 1897, etc.
GALTON, Sir Douglas, K.C.B., LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S. ; Assistant Under-Secretary of State for War, 1862-70; Director of Public Works and Buildings in H.M. Works, 1870-75; President of British Association, 1895-96; author of ‘Healthy Dwellings,’ ‘General Principles for the Construction of Hos-pitals.’
GAMBLE, F. W., editor of ‘Junior Course of Practical Zoology,’ ‘Flatworms and Mesozoa,’ etc.
GAMGEE, Arthur, M.D., F.R.S.; Emeritus Pro-fessor of Physiology, Owens Coll., Manchester; Ful-lerian Professor of Physiology, Royal Inst. of Great Britain; Assistant Physician and Lecturer on Materia Modica, St. George’s Hospital, London; translated and edited Hermann’s Human Physiology’; author of ‘Text-Book’ of the Physiological Chemistry of the Animal Body.’
GANNETT, Henry; Chief Geographer, U.S. Geo-logical Survey; Chief Geographer, 10th, 11th, and 12th U.S. Censuses; author of ‘Dictionary of Alti-tudes,’ ‘Statistical Atlas of the U.S.,’ etc.
GARCKE, Emile, M.I.E.E., F.S.S.; Manager of the Brush Electrical Engineering Co. ; Chairman Elect, Sect. London Chamber of Commeree, 1884-88; author of Manual of Electrical Undertakings, joint-author of ‘Factory Accounts.’
GARDINER, Samuel Rawson, M.A., D.C.L., LL. U., Ph. D. ; late Fellow of All Souls and of Merton Coll., Oxford.; formerly Professor of Modern History at King’s Coll., London; author of ‘History of the Great Civil War,’ ‘Student’s History of England,’ and other historical works.
GARDNER, Ernest Arthur; Yates Professor of Archaeology, University College, London; Director of British School of Archaeology at Athens, 1887-95; author of ‘Handbook of Greek Sculpture,’ ‘Journal of Hellenic Studies’; joint-editor of the ‘Journal of Hellenic Studies’ since 1897.
GARDNER, J. Starkie; English iron-worker and expert; author of ‘English Enamels,’ ‘Iron-work,’ ‘Armour in England,’ etc.
GARDNER, Percy, Litt.D., F.S.A.; Lincoln and Merton Professor of Classical Archaeology, Oxford University; Assistant at British Museum, 1871; Fellow of Christ’s College, Cambridge, 1872; Disney Professor of Archaeology, Cambridge, 1880; editor of ‘Journal of Hellenic Studies’; author of ‘The Parthian Coinage,’ ‘Sainos and Samian Coins,’ ‘Types of Greek Coins,’ ‘Numismatic Commentary on Pausanias,’’Sculptured Tombs or Hellas,’ etc.
GARNETT, Richard, LL.D., C.B.; Assistant in Library of British Museum, 1851 ; Superintendent of Reading Room, 1875 ; Keeper of Printed Books, 1890--1899; edited the British Museum Catalogue from 1881 to 1890; author of ‘Relics of Shelley,’ ‘Twilight of the Gods,’ ‘Life of Milton,’Age of Dryden,’ ‘William Blake,’ ‘A History of Italian Literature,’ ‘Life of Edward Gibbon Wakefield,’ etc.
GARNETT, William, M.A., D.C. L. ; Sec. Technical Education Board, London County Council; Demonstrator in Physics, Cambridge; Prof. ofMath., Physics, aud Mechanics, University Coll., Nottingham; Prin-cipal, Durham Coll. of Science, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; author of ‘Elemeutary Dynamics,’ ‘Elementary Mechanics,’ etc.
GARRAN. The Hon. Andrew, M.A. (London), LL.D. ; Member of Legislative Council, N.S.W., 1887-92 and 1895 ; editor of ‘South Australian Register,’ 1853-56 ; ‘Sydney Morning Herald,’ 1856-85; President of Council of Arbitration, 1892-94 ; and of Royal Commission on Strikes, 1891.
GARSTANG, Walter, M.A., F.Z.S.; late Fellow of Lincoln Coll., Oxford; Naturalist in charge of Fishery Investigations, Marine Biol. Assoc.; delegate of.H.M. Govt. to Internat. Conf. on Exploration of the Sea, Christiania, 1901; medallist of the SociétéCentrale d’Agriculture et de Pêche, Paris; author of numerous memoirs on marine biology, etc.
GASQUET, J. Raymond, M.B.; author of various articles in the ‘Journal of Mental Science,’ etc.
GATES, Lewis Edwards, A.B.; Assistant Pro-fessor of English, Harvard University ; author of ‘Selections from Jeffrey,’ ‘Selections from Newman,’ ‘Three Studies in Literature.’
GAUSSERON, Henri.
GAY, Sidney Howard; edited the ‘Anti-Slavery Standard,’ the New York ‘Tribune’ ; part-author of ‘History of the United States’; author of ‘Life of James Madison.’
GEDDES, Patrick; Professor of Botany, Univ. Coll., Dundee ; formerly Lecturer on Natural History in School of Medicine, Edinburgh; part-author of ‘Evolution of Sex’; author of ‘Chapters in Modern Botany.’
GEDDES, William Duguid, LL.D. ; Professor of Greek, Aberdeen University, 1855; Principal and Vice-Chancellor, 1885 ; author of ‘The Philologic Uses of the Celtic Tongue,’ ‘The Problem of the Homeric Poems.’
GEDDIE, John; on the editorial staff of the ‘Scots-mail,’ Edinburgh; author of ‘The Water of Leith,’ etc.
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