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school and graduated in May, 1867; he was a member of the Board of Educa- tion in Highlands, with the Hon. John Bigelow as president; has been elected supervisor ten times; elected to assem- bly, 1894, 1895, 1896, and 1897; elected to Senate 1898, 1900, and 1902; in 1903 was appointed a member of the following Sen- ate committees: Chairman of the Com- mittee on Miscellaneous Corporations; member of Railroads, Military Affairs, Villages, and Trades and Manufactures. Address, Highland Falls, N. Y.
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GOODWIN, Almon:
' Lawyer; born in Baldwin, Me., 1840; educated at Bowdoin College; lieutenant in Union army in the Civil War; studied law at Harvard Law School; admitted to the New York bar in 1868; now senior member of the law firm of Goodwin, Thompson & Vanderpoel; clubs, Century, University and Loyal Legion. Address, 128 West 59th St., New York.
GOODWIN, Daniel, Jr .:
Lawyer; son of late Judge Daniel Good- win; born New York City, Nov. 26, 1832; graduated from Hamilton, 1852, and sub- sequently studied for legal profession; 1855, became United States master of cliancery for Michigan; 1856 judge advo- cate of militia; 1862 until 1864 was United States attorney in Chicago; 1861 United States commissioner for Illinois; has also long been trustee of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary. Author of "James Pitts and His Sons in the American Revolution"; "The Dearborns"; "The Lord's Table" and other works. Address, 107 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill.
GOODWIN, J. Cheever:
Playwright; born Boston, Mass., July 14, 1850; graduated from Harvard 1.873; engaged in reporting for Boston Traveler 1873-4; private secretary to Controller of New York City 1886-91. Author of "Evan- geline," 1878, "Wang," "The Merry Mon- arch," "Panjandrum." "Lost, Strayed or Stolen," and others Member of Strollers' Club. Address, care of Strollers' Club, 1424 Broadway, New York.
GOODWIN, Maud Wilder:
(Mrs. Almon Goodwin), author; born at Ballston Spa, N. Y., 1856; married, 1879; resident of New York City. Author of the following books: "The Colonial Cavalier," "The Head Hundred," "Flint,' "White Aprons," "Life of Dolly Madison," "Sir Christopher," and "Four Roads to Paradise." Address. 128 West 59th St., New York.
GOODWIN, Nathaniel C .:
Comedian; born Boston, Mass., July 25, 1857; educated in public schools; began career by giving impersonations of well known men at private entertainments; there he attracted the notice of Stuart Robson, who engaged him to take a minor part in a play, "Law in New York," which he had just obtained. His great success won him an engagement with Josh Hart at the Eagle Theatre, New York, and from that time has been eminently suc- cessful on the stage, starring since 1876. He has appeared in the characters of Mo- dus in the "Hunchback," and the grave- digger in "Hamlet" (1883, Cincinnati Dra- matic Festival); has appeared also in
"The Nominee" (1890-91), a play written expressly for him; in "Present," "Pina- fore," "A Gilded Fool," "David Garrick," "Nathan Hale," and others; has played with great success in England as well as the United States; married Maxine Elliott 1898. Address, 326 West End Ave., New York.
GOODWIN, Walton:
Captain, U. S. Navy; born in New York; entered Naval Academy Feb. 26, 1863; graduated 1867; Quinnebaug, South At- lantic Station, 1867-70; promoted to en- sign, 1868; to master, 1870: commissioned as lieutenant, 1871; torpedo service, 1870- 71: Terror (ironclad), North Atlantic Sta- tion, 1871-72; receiving ship Vermont, New York navy yard, 1872; Benicia, North Pa- cific Station, 1872-75; Passaic (ironclad), North Atlantic Station, 1876-77; in com- mand of Passaic, from July 3, 1876, to Nov. 20, 1876; Enterprise, 1877-78; · ord- nance duty Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H 1878-79; Trenton, European Station, 1879- 81; naval academy, 1881-85; Adams, Paci- fic Station, 1885-89; naval observatory, 1889, to Sept., 1892; promoted to lieutenant commander Oct. 1, 1890; U. S. S. Lancas- ter, Asiatic Station, Sept., 1892, to 1894; leave of absence, June, 1894; ordered to naval observatory, Aug., 1894, to May 1898; commissioned as commander, Aug., 1897; commanding Southery, May 20, 1898; commanding training ship Adams, from Sept. 13, 1899, to March, 1901; Naval War College," June 1, 1901: retired with rank of captain Dec., 1901. Address, 1516 P St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
GOODWIN, Warren F .:
Fire underwriter; born at Boston, Mass., in 1857; graduated from the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute in 1873. and at once engaged in the fire insurance business, entering the New York office of the Lon- don Assurance, then managed by Frame, Hare & Lockwood; remained there until Oct., 1882, when Henry H. Hall, United States manager of the Northern of Lon- don, offered him a position in the agency department which he accepted; Jan. 1, 1887, was appointed manager of the Cen- tral department with headquarters at Cin- cinnati, his territory including the States of Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, Ken- tucky, Tennessee and Arkansas. This po- sition he retained until July 1, 1893, when the Central and Northwestern depart- ments were consolidated into the Western department with headquarters at Chi- cago; at that time he and W. D. Crooke were appointed associate managers; in March, 1894, the Union of London estab- lished a Western department at Chicago to be managed by Mr. Goodwin in as- sociation with Hall & Henshaw, the Uni- ted States managers at New York; in 1901 the Western department was con- solidated with the general office at New York, and Mr. Goodwin removed to that
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city; is a member of the firm of Hall & Henshaw. Address, 35 Pine St., New York.
GORDON, Clarence:
Author; born New York City, April 28, 1835; graduated from Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard, 1855; has resided for periods of time at Savannah, Ga., Boston, and since 1868 in Newburg, N. Y .; 1879 until 1883, special agent of U. S. Census Bureau, having charge of meat produc- tion in the West; author of juvenile fic- tion, "Christmas at Nudor-Tor"; "Our Fresh and Salt Tutors"; "Two Lives in One"; and "Boarding School Days"; has contributed to Round Table, Young Folks, Riverside, Appleton's Journal, Evening Post and Atlantic; also written several juvenile articles under the pen name of Vieux Moustache; member of City Club. Resident manager of the East Side House Settlement from June, 1894, to Feb., 1903, when resigned. Address, Newburgh, N.Y.
GORDY, J. P., Ph.D., LL.D .:
Educator; born in Maryland, 1851; re- ceived Ph.D. from University of Leip- sic, and LL.D. from the Western Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. Professor of pedagogy in Ohio University, 1885-95, and in Ohio State University, 1895-1900; pro- fessor of History of Education in New York University, 1900, to date. Author of "The Political History of the United States," "The New Psychology," "A Broader Elementary Education," and
"The Rise and Growth of the Normal Idea in the United States." Address, New York University, Washington Square, New York.
GOTTHEIL, William Samuel:
Physician; born in Berlin, Germany, Feb. 5, 1859; son of Rabbi Gustav Got- theil and Rosalia Gottheil. Early educa- tion at Victoria Park School and Owens College, Manchester, England; then at New York University, scientific depart- ment; graduated from Cornell, 1879; grad- uate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, 1881; graduate of Charity Hospital, New York, 1882. Spe- cialist in dermatology; lecturer on derma- tology New York Polyclinic, 1886; pro- fessor of dermatology New York School of Clinical Medicine, 1896; now consulting dermatologist to the Sheltering Guardian Orphan Asylum; dermatologist to the City Hospital, Lebanon Hospital and Beth- Israel Hospital, New York. President of the Eastern Medical Society and the Man- hattan Dermatological Society, New York; fellow of the Academy of Medicine, New York; member of the American Medical Association. New York State Medical As- sociation, New York County Medical So- ciety, New York County Medical Asso- ciation, Harlem Medical Association. Eastern Medical Society, Manhattan Der-
matological Society, etc. Member of the British Schools and Universities Club and the Cornell Club, New York. Editor of the Clinical Recorder, 1895; editor of the department of dermatology and sy- philis in Progressive Medicine. Author of "Illustrated Skin Diseases," E. B. Treat & Co., 1897; "Manual of General Histol- ogy," Sabiston & Murray, 1894; "Syphilis, It's Diagnosis and Treatment," P. Englehard & Co., 1891; "The Treatment of Skin Cancers," International Journal of Surgery Co., 1901. Married, Aug. 11, 1896, Viola Sheppard. Address, 144 West 48th St., New York.
GOTTSCHALCK, Oscar Hunt von:
Author, artist; born at Providence,
R. I., Oct. 1, 1865. His father Dr. Wil- helm vonGottschalk was an exile, having taken part in the German revolution of 1848. His mother was of English birth- Elizabeth Heathcote. Graduated in 1881 at Providence and entered the Rhode Island School of Design where he stud- ied art under Charles Barry and Porter (1880-1882). In 1884 he entered the studio of Hugo Breul and studied painting. Art Students' League under Beckwith, 1886. Married in Jersey City, N. J., Feb. 23, 1889, Johanna Strebel. He is the author of "Yankee Doodle Gander," 1901 (R. H. Russell); "Lives of the Haunted,"1902, (R. H. Russell); "Historical Sense and Nonsense," 1902, (Serial); "Innocent In- dustries," 1903, (Harpers); "Gnome Man's Land," 1903, (Fred'k Stokes). Address, 45 Park Place, New York.
GOTTSCHALK, Alfred L. M .:
U. S. Consul; born in New York City, Feb. 8, 1878; educated at New York City and Kenyon Colleges, 1891-94; New York University 1895-96; he has been a news- paper and magazine correspondent, and also engaged in sugar growing in Santo Domingo. In 1900 he was appointed as col- lector of customs at Monte Cristi, Santo Domingo, for the Santo Domingo Im- provement Company; appointed consul at San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua, April 25, 1902; consul at Callao, Peru, June 23, 1903.
GOULD, Edward Sherman:
Civil Engineer; member of American Society of Civil Engineers; born Aug. 13,. 1837, in New York City; son of the late Edward Sherman Gould, and of the late Mary Elizabeth Gould, neé DuBois; grand- son of Judge James Gould, of Litchfield, Conn., and Cornelius DuBois, of New York; is of a long line of native American ancestry. Resided from 1855 to 1865 in Europe, and was educated professionally at the Ecole des Mines of St. Etienne, France; from 1862 to 1865 was secretary to the Hon John Bigelow, then consul general of the United States, at Paris. In 1868 married Arabella Duncan Ludlow,
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daughter of the late Dr. Edward Green- leaf Ludlow, of New York, and Mary Kennedy Ludlow, nee Lewis, returned to United States 1865, occupying various en- gineering positions, and from 1873 to 1876 was civil assistant to the late General Q. A. Gillmore, U. S. Corps of Engineers, engaged principally in the rebuilding of Forts Sumter and Moultrie, and on river and harbor improvements at Charleston and Savannah; from 1877 to 1884 was on the staff of the chief engineer of the Cro- ton aqueduct, engaged in surveys for in- creased water supply of the City of New York, the construction of the Kensico reservoir and pipe lines, and other work connected with the New York Water Sup- ply; from 1884 to 1886 was division engi- neer on the new Croton aqueduct; from 1886 to 1890 was engineer to the Scranton Gas and Water Company, Scranton, Pa., and designed and built the Oak Run and Elmhurst storage reservoirs, besides other work for this company; from 1890 to 1894 was consulting and constructing engi- neer for Messrs. Runkle, Smith & Co., American contractors for the new water- works at Havana, Cuba; this work, in- cluding the building of the Palatino res- ervoir and piping the city, was success- fully completed during this period. Dur- ing the late war with Spain was on the staff of the late General Ludlow, at army headquarters, Tampa Fla., in a civil ca- pacity in connection with the proposed attack on Havana; after the Spanish war was engineer to the American Indies Com- pany, in the construction of a landing pier and branch railway for the United States Government, at Havana. Besides the above, has been engaged in miscella- neous engineering work at home and in Spanish speaking countries, and has re- ceived the Venezuelan decoration of El Busto del Libertador; is the author of several engineering and mathematical
works: "Elements of Water Supply En- gineering," "Arithmetic of the Steam En- gine," "A Primer of the Calculus," etc, and is a frequent contributor to profes- sional journals. Residence, Yonkers, N.Y.
GOULD, Edwin:
Capitalist; born New York, Feb. 25, 1866; son Jay Gould and Helen (Miller) Gould; educated at Columbia, where he graduated in 1888; is president of St. Louis and Southwestern Railway; of the Bowling Green Trust Company of New York, he is director of a number of cor- porations; is a member of New York Stock Exchange and Chicago Stock Exchange; he is also member of Union League, Sea- wankaka Corinthian Yacht, American Yacht, New York Yacht and Atlantic Yacht Clubs, and of various other organ- izations; married Miss Sarah C. Shrady. Residence, Irvington-on-Hudson, N. Y., and 720 Fifth Ave., New York; office, 195 Broadway, New York.
GOULD, Elgin R. L .:
Chamberlain of the City of New York; born Oshawa, Ontario, Aug. 15, 1860; son of John T. and Emily A. Gould; studied at Victoria University, graduating in 1881; lecturer at Johns Hopkins 1892 to 1897; became professor at University of Chi- cago, 1895, and at Johns Hopkins Univer- sity, receiving the degree of Ph.D. in 1886; 1896 president of City and Suburban Homes Company; appointed by Mayor Low, Chamberlain of the City of New York, taking office Jan. 1, 1902, and continuing in it to date. Jan. 7, 1902, he was given a complimentary dinner by the citizens of New York, in recognition of distinguished municipal services; member of American Economic Association, fel- low of American Academy of Political and Social Science; member of Interna- tional Statistical Institute, British Eco- nomic Association and other such foreign societies; member also of City, Century and Barnard Clubs. Author of various social and economic works. Residence, 304 West 78th St .; office, 281 Fourth Ave., New York.
GOULD, Frank Jay:
Capitalist; born New York, Dec. 4, 1878; son of Jay and Helen (Miller) Gould; graduated from University of New York, 1900; is first vice-president of several corporations, including the Missouri Pa- cific, St. Louis, Iron Mountain & South- ern Texas & Pacific, and International Railroads, of which George Jay Gould is president; also of Western Union Tele- graph and other companies; member of Union League, Atlantic Yacht, Athletic, Lawyers' and New York Yacht Clubs; married to Miss Helen M. Kelly. Resi- dence. 834 Fifth Ave .; office, 195 Broad- way, New York.
GOULD, George Jay:
Capitalist; born New York, Feb. 6, 1864; son of Jay and Helen Day (Miller) Gould; in 1888 he became vice-president and 1893 president of Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad; 1893, president of Texas & Pacific, of International & Great Northern Railroad, of Missouri Pacific, of St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad; since 1892 has been president of Manhattan Railroad; married Edith M. Kingdon; member of New York Yacht and Atlantic Yacht Clubs. Resi- dence, Lakewood, N. J .; office, 195 Broad- way, New York.
GOULD, Helen Miller:
Philanthropist; born New York City, June 20, 1868; eldest daughter of Jay Gould and Helen Day (Miller) Gould; engaged in many benevolent works; gave $100,000 to United States government during Spanish-American War, besides contributions to Women's National War Relief Association; gave $40,000 for chair
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of Biblical literature, Mount Holyoke Col- lege, 1902, besides large sums for scholar- ships; has donated much to New York University and to other institutions; has given personal care and attention to phil- anthropic work. Residence, Irvington- on-Hudson, N. Y., and 579 Fifth Ave., New York.
GOULD, Howard:
Capitalist; son of Jay Gould and Helen (Miller) Gould; born New York, 1870; he is a member of New York Stock Ex- change and director of various telegraph, railway and financial corporations; mar- ried, Oct. 12, 1898, to Viola Katherine Clemmons, a noted actress. Residence, Irvington-on-Hudson, N. Y .; office, 195 Broadway, New York.
GOULD, Howard:
Actor; born Minneapolis, March 19, 1863; son Dr. W. H. Gould and Elizabeth I. Gould; received education in schools of Boston, Mass .; 1882, was call boy at the Boston Museum; later ap- peared on stage with James O'Neill, Maggie Mitchell, E. H. Sothern; seven years a star under Daniel Frohman, then leading support to Mary Mannering, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, etc .; member of Play- ers' and Lambs' Clubs. Address, Play- ers' Club, New York.
GOULDEN, Joseph A .:
Congressman, Democrat, of Fordham, Borough of the Bronx, New York City; born Pennsylvania, 1844; served in the navy during 1864 and 1865; manager of a life insurance company at 180 Broad- way; was a member of the board of managers, State Reformatory at Morgan- za, Pa .; commissioner and trustee in the public schools of New York City for ten years; is a member of the board of trus- tees, Soldiers' Home, Bath, N. Y .; was secretary and a member of the Commis- sion that erected the soldiers' and sail- ors' monument, by the city of New York, in Riverside Park; was elected to the Fif- ty-eighth Congress. Address, 180 Broad- way, New York.
GOULEY, John William Severin:
Physician; born New Orleans, La., March 11, 1832, of French ancestry; grad- uated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, 1853, with de- gree of M. D ..; has practiced in New York City and performed many difficult operations there; 1856, professor of anat- omy at Vermont Medical College, Wood- stock; 1859, connected with Bellevue Hos- pital, New York, as attending physician; 1861-64, assistant surgeon in the army; 1864-66, demonstrator of anatoniy and professor of histology and operative sur- gery in the University of New York; 1866-71, of clinical surgery and genito- urinary diseases; reappointed 1876. Ad- dress, 1251 Columbus Ave., New York.
GOWEN, James B .:
Captain, U. S. Army; born in New York City, Sept. 25, 1872; entered U. S. Mili- tary Academy from Sixth Congressional District in New York (Brooklyn), Jan. 15, 1894; graduated. April 26, 1898, and as- signed as second lieutenant to Sixteenth Infantry. Took part in Santiago cam- paign, battle of San Juan Hill, July 1, 2 and 3. 1898; siege of Santiago, including action, July 10 and 11, 1898; with regi- ment at Montauk Point, Huntsville, Ala., and Fort Crook, Neb., 1898-99; first lieu- tenant, March 2, 1899; with regiment to Philippine Islands, May, 1899; Philippine Insurrection and establishment of civil government, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, to June, including campaign against San Miguel de Mayumo, Dec., 1899, and actions at Maasin River and San Ideforso, Dec. 3 and 4, 8 and 9. 1899, captain Tenth In- fantry, Oct. 3, 1902; Fort Lawton, Wash., 1903, and Presidio of San Francsco, Cal., 1903. Address San Francisco, Cal.
GOWING, B. C .:
Chief engineer, United States Navy; born New York; graduated, July 11, 1861, from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti- tute, of Troy, N. Y .; Sept. 21, 1861, re- ceived a warrant as third assistant en- gineer; Oct., 1861, was ordered to the gunboat Kennebec, then building at
Thomaston, Me .; Feb. 12, 1862, sailed from Boston, Mass., for Key West, Fla., thence to Ship Island, Miss., where he joined Admiral Farragut's West Gulf Squadron; participated in taking of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, also New Orleans; the Oneida and Kennebec were the first Union vessels that went up the Missis- sippi River, hoisting the flag at the sev- eral cities and villages as they proceeded; was with Farragut at the passing and repassing of the batteries at Vicksburg, Miss .; in three skirmishes with guerrillas at Grand Gulf, and one at Baton Rouge, La .; in the fight off Brazos, Tex .; Aug. 17, 1862, the Kennebec joined Admiral Farragut's blockading squadron, off Mo- bile, Ala., where he remained two years, then returned home. May, 1863, was pro- moted to second assistant engineer; Nov., 1864, was ordered to the Hibiscus, and joined Rear Admiral Bailey's East Gulf Squadron, cruising between Key West and St. Andrew's Bay, Fla .; was with Commodore Shufeldt in the skirinishes and engagement up the St. Mark's River, Fla .; Aug., 1865, returned with the Hi- biscus to New York, thence home; Nov., 1865, on special duty at Boston, Mass., fitting out the Ashuelot; from Jan., 1866, to Dec., 1867, on duty at the United States Naval Academy as instructor of steam engineering; Dec., 1867, ordered to the Kearsarge, and made a two and one-half years' cruise in the South Pacific Station, visiting the South Sea Islands and Aus- tralia; at Callao, Peru, joined the flag-
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ship Saranac (Rear Admiral Turner); left her at San Francisco, Cal., Oct., 1870, and came home; was examined for pro- motion, and was commissioned as first assistant engineer, dating from Oct. 11, 1886; on the monitor Mahopac, Jan., Feb., and March, 1872; then ordered to the flagship Lancaster, at Rio de Jan- eiro, Brazil; Sept., 1872, joined the Wasp at Montevideo, Uruguay; returned home Aug., 1874; Dec., 1874, ordered to the Yantic, at Hong Kong, China; served on the Asiatic Station during 1875 and 1876; then started for home in the ship, reach- ing the United States May 18, 1877; Navy Yard, New York, 1878-81; Brooklyn, South Atlantic Station, 1881-84. Promoted to chief engineer, Feb. 15, 1886; Alert, Pacific Station, 1886-90; Kearsarge, North Atlantic Station, May, 1893, to date of total wreck of that ship on Roncador Reef, Caribbean Sea, Feb. 2, 1894; Ma- chias, Sept., 1894; United States Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept 24, 1894, to Feb. 2, 1895; placed on the retired list, Jan. 28, 1895, for physical disability re- ceived in line of duty. Address, Tully, Onondaga County, N. Y.
GRACE, William Russell:
Former mayor of New York; born in Ireland, 1832. When but a boy of four- teen years ran away from his home, and making his way to America began to work there; four years later went to Peru, where he became a clerk in the firm of Bryce & Co., at Callao; here he rapidly advanced, becoming, in two years time, junior partner and subsequently head of the firm of Grace & Co .; 1885, opened business at New York with South and Central America, W. R. Grace & Co. being for years the most prominent house in this trade. Was twice elected mayor of New York on Democratic ticket, serv- ing the terms 1881-82, 1885-86. Is the founder of Grace Institute, giving a prac- tical education. to girls and women. Resi- dence, 31 East 79th St .; office, 1 Hanover Square, New York.
GRADY, Thomas F .:
Democratic State Senator, representing the Fourteenth Senate District, New York City; born in that city Nov. 29, 1853, and was educated at the De La Salle Insti- tute and St. James' Church Parochial School; received the honorary degree of A. M. from Manhattan College in 1880. Mr. Grady studied law in the offices of Middlebrook & Phillips and of the Hon. William C. Whitney, corporation counsel, and was admitted to the practice of the law in 1883; was a member of the Assem- bly in 1877, 1878, and 1879; he was a State senator in 1882. 1883, and 1889; was then appointed a police justice, and held that position from 1891 to 1895; for many years he has been a prominent member of the Tammany Society; has been member of Senate, 1896 to date, and the leader of the
Democratic minority of that body since 1899; he has been a prominent delegate to many Democratic State and national conventions; in 1884 he was a conspicu- ous figure at the Democratic National Convention, opposing with great force the nomination of Grover Cleveland for Presi- dent; has been the chief speaker for Tam- many Hall at many State conventions. Address, New York City.
Grandin, Egbert H .:
Physician; born Trenton, N. J., 1855; son of Egbert H. and Amanda (Pratt) Grandin; B. A., Harvard, 1876; M. D., Harvard, 1880; has practiced in New York since 1881; now limits his practice to abdominal surgery, gynecology and consulting obstetrics; is an ex-president Medical Society of the County of New York; ex-vice-president New York Acad- emy of Medicine; ex-president New York Obstetrical Society; late attending and consulting obstetrician, New York Ma- ternity Hospital; late attending obstetri- cian, New York Infant Asylum; at pres- ent holds the following official positions and belongs to the following societies: New York State Medical Society, Con- gress of American Physicians and Sur- geons, American Gynecological Society, American Urological Society, New York Academy of Medicine, New York Ob- stetrical Society, County Medical Society, Society of Medical Jurisprudence, Har- vard Medical Society, Medico-Surgical So- ciety, Medical Association of Greater New York, etc. Is consulting gynecolo- gist to the French Hospital; gynecologist to the Columbus Hospital; is a member of Kane Lodge No. 454; of the New York Consistory, A. A. S. R .; of Mecca Temple (Mystic Shrine); and of Consti- tution Chapter No. 230; has writen exten- sively on his specialties, the articles ap- pearing chiefly in the American Journal of Obstetrics and the Medical Record; has published, "The Cyclopedia of Ob- stetrics and Gynecology" (12 vols., Wm. Wood & Co.); "Electricity in Gynecology" (Wm. Wood & Co.); "Practical Obstet- rics" (three editions, F. A. Davis Co.); married, July, 1880, Fannie Throckmor- ton, Jersey City Heights; has four chil- dren, Frances, Egbert, Edythe and Julia. Address, 116 West 76th St., New York.
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