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LYMAN JUDSON GAGE (1836– )

THOMAS GAGE (1721–1787)

BARON VON HANS CHRISTOPH ERNST GAGERN (1766-'852)

FRANCOIS ROGER DE GAIGNIERES (1642-1715)

JEAN BAPTISTE GAIL (1755-1829)

GABRIEL HENRI GAILLARD (1726-1806)

THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH (1727-1788)

JAMES GAIRDNER (1828– )

GAIRLOCH (Gaelic gedrr, short)

THOMAS GAISFORD (1779-1855)

GAIUS CAESAR (A.D. 12-41)

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS

EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS

GALATZ (Galalii)

SERVIUS SULPICIUS GALBA

GALBANUM (Heb. Helben¢h; Gr. xaXfiavrl)

THEOPHILUS GALE (1628-1678)

THOMAS GALE (?1636-17o2)

GALEN (or GALENUS), CLAUDIUS

FREIHERR VON CHRISTOPH BERNHARD GALEN (16o6-1678)

GALERIUS [GALERIUS VALERIUS MAXIMIANUS]

GALES (mod. Calvi)

FERDINANDO GALIANI (1728–1787)

GALICIA (Ger. Galizien; Pol. Halicz)

GALICIA (the ancient Gallaecia or Callaecia, KaMauci,a or KaXau da)

GIOVANNI ANTONIO GALIGNANI (1752-1821)

GALILEE (Heb. 5'S?, " border " or " ring," Gr. I'aXi?aia)

GALILEO GALILEI (1564-1642)

GALL (a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch gal, and Ger. Galle; the Indo-European root appears in Gr. xoXi,, and Lat. fel; possibly connected with " yellow," with reference to the colour of bile)

FRANZ JOSEPH GALL (1758-1828)

GALLABAT, or GALABAT

LOUIS GALLAIT (1810-1887)

ANTOINE GALLAND (1646-1715)

NICOLAS DES GALLARS [in Lat. GALLASIUS] (c. 1520-c. 1580)

DUKE OF LUCERA COUNT OF CAMPO MATTHIAS GALLAS (1584-1647)

ALBERT GALLATIN (1761-1849)

THOMAS HOPKINS GALLAUDET (1787–1851)

GALLE, or POINT DE GALLE

ANTONIO CARLO NAPOLEONE GALLENGA (1810-1895)

GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

GALLEY (derived through the 0. Fr. galee, galie, from the Med. Lat. galea, Ital. galea, Port. gale, of uncertain origin; from the Med. Lat. variant form galera are derived the Mod. Fr. galere, Span. and Ital. galera)

GALLIA CISALPINA (Lat. Cis, on this side, i.e. of the Alps)

JOSEPH SIMON GALLIENI (1849– )

PUBLIUS LICINIUS EGNATIUS GALLIENUS

MARQUIS DE GASTON ALEXANDRE AUGUSTE GALLIFFET

JUNIUS ANNAEUS GALLIO (originally Lucius ANNAEUS NOVATUS)

GALLIPOLI (Turk. Gelibolu, anc. KaAAiiroXrs)

GALLIPOLI (anc. Callipolis)

DEMETRIUS AUGUSTINE GALLITZIN (1770-1840)

GALLIUM (symbol Ga; atomic weight 69.9)

JOSEPH GALLOWAY (1731-1803)

THOMAS GALLOWAY (1796-1851)

PASQUALE GALLUPPI (1770-1846)

CORNELIUS GALLUS (c. 70-26 B.C.)

GAIUS AELIUS GALLUS

GAIUS CESTIUS GALLUS

GAIUS SULPICIUS GALLUS

EVARISTE GALOIS (1811-1832)

JOHN GALT (1779-1839)

SIR ALEXANDER TILLOCH GALT (1817-1893)

SIR FRANCIS GALTON (1822– )

BALDASSARE GALUPPI (1706-1785)

LUIGI GALVANI (1737-1798)

GALVANIZED IRON

GAMALIEL (Se'So?)

LEON GAMBETTA (1838-1882)

BARON JAMES GAMBIER GAMBIER (1756-1833)

GAMBOGE (from Camboja, a name of the district whence it is obtained)

CLASSICAL GAMES

GAMING AND WAGERING

GAMUT (from the Greek letter gamma, used as a musical symbol, and ut, the first syllable of the medieval hymn Sanctus Johannes)

GANESA, or GANESH

GANGRENE (from Gr. y&yypawa, an eating sore, from ypaivewv, to gnaw)

GANGUE, or CANG

CHARLES GANILH (1758-1836)

JEAN NICOLAS GANNAL (1791-1852)

GANNET (O.E. gavot)

GANODONTA (so named from the presence of bands of enamel on the teeth)

EDUARD GANS (1797-1839)

JOHANN BAPTIST GANSBACHER (1778-1844)

GAON (Heb. for " Excellency," plural Geonim)

GARARISH (KARARISH)

ILIYA GARASHANIN (1812-1874)

DOMINIQUE JOSEPH GARAT (1749-1833)

JANOS GARAY (1812-1853)

GARBLE (a word derived from the Arab. gharbala, to sift, and related to ghirbal, a sieve; the Arabic words are of foreign origin, probably from the Lat. cribrum, a sieve)

GARCIA (DEL POPOLO VICENTO), MANOEL (1775-1832)

VICENTE ANTONIO GARCIA DE LA HUERTA (1734–1787)

DIEGO GARCIA DE PAREDES (1466–1534)

ANTONIO GARCIA GUTIERREZ (1812-1884)

LAKE OF GARDA (the Lacus Benacus of the Romans)

CLAUDE MATTHIEU GARDANE

GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

JAMES GARDINER (1688-1745)

SAMUEL RAWSON GARDINER (1829–1902)

STEPHEN GARDINER (c. 1493–1555)

PERCY GARDNER (1846– )

JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD (1831-1881)

GARGANEYI (North-Italian, Garganello)

MONTE GARGANO (anc. Garganus Mons)

GARGOYLE, or GURGOYLE (from the Fr. gargouille, originally the throat or gullet, cf. Lat. gurgulio, gula, and similar words derived from root gar, to swallow, the word representing the gurgling sound of water; Ital. doccia di grande; Ger. Ausguss)

GARHWAL, or GURWAL

GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI (1807-1882)

GARIN LE LOHERAIN

JOHN GARLAND (fl. 1202—1252)

GARLIC (O. Eng. gdrledc, i.e. " spear-leek "; Gr. oKbpolov; Lat. allium; Ital. aglio; Fr. ail; Ger. Knoblauch)

GARNET, or GARNETT, HENRY (1555—1606)

RICHARD GARNETT (1835–1906)

CLEMENT JOSEPH GARNIER (1813–1881)

MARQUIS GERMAIN GARNIER (1754-1821)

JEAN LOUIS CHARLES GARNIER (1825-1898)

MARIE JOSEPH FRANCOIS [FRANCIS] GARNIER (1839–1873)

ROBERT GARNIER (c. 1545–c.1600)

GARONNE (Lat. Garumna)

GARRET (from the O. Fr. garite, modern guerite, a watch-tower, connected ultimately with " guard " and " ward ")

VISCONDE DE JOAO BAPTISTA DA SILVA LEITAO DE ALMEIDA GARRETT

DAVID GARRICK (1717-1779)

WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON (1805-1879)

GARROTE (Spanish for " cudgel ")

SIR SAMUEL GARTH (1661-1719)

GEORGE GASCOIGNE (c. 1535—1577)

GASCONY (Wasconia)

ELIZABETH CLEGHORN GASKELL (1810-1865)

GASTRIC ULCER (ulcer of the stomach)

GASTRITIS (Gr. yarn*, stomach)

THOMAS GATAKER (1574-1654)

HORATIO GATES (1728-1806)

RICHARD JORDAN GATLING (1818–1903)

MARGARET GATTY (1809–1873)

JOHN GAU (c. 1495–? 1553)

JEAN ALBERT GAUDRY (1827-1908)

FRIEDRICH GAUERMANN (1807-1862)

GAUGE, or GAGE (Med. Lat. gauja, jaugia, Fr. jauge, perhaps connected with Fr. jale, a bowl, galon, gallon)

GILBERT WILLIAM GAUL (1855— )

GAUNTLET (a diminutive of the Fr. gant, glove)

GAUR, or LAKHNAUTI

KARL FRIEDRICH GAUSS (1777-1855)

FRANCOIS SAMUEL ROBERT LOUIS GAUSSEN (1790-1863)

EMILE THEODORE LEON GAUTIER (1832-1897)

THEOPHILE GAUTIER (1811-1872)

PIERS GAVESTON (d. 1312)

GAVOTTE (a French word adopted from the Provencal gavoto)

GAWAIN (Fr. Walwain (Brut)

JOHN GAY (1685-1732)

MARIE FRANCOISE SOPHIE GAY (1776-1852)

WALTER GAY (1856– )

PASCUAL DE GAYANGOS Y ARCE (18og–1897)

CHARLES ETIENNE ARTHUR GAYARRE (1805–1895)

GAZA (or `AllAH, mod. Ghuzzeh)

THEODORUS GAZA (c. 1400-1475)

GAZEBO (usually explained as a comic Latinism, for " I will gaze "; the New English Dictionary suggests a possible oriental origin now lost)

GEAR (connected with " garb," properly elegance, fashion, especially of dress, and with " gar," to cause to do, only found in Scottish and northern dialects; the root of the word is seen in the Old Tent. garwjan, to make ready)

GEBHARD TRUCHSESS VON WALDBURG (1547-1601)

GEBWEILER (Fr. Guebwiller)

WILLIAM GED (1690-1749)

ALEXANDER GEDDES (1737-1802)

ANDREW GEDDES (1783-1844)

JAMES LORRAINE GEDDES (1827-1887)

SIR WILLIAM DUGUID GEDDES (1828-1900)

GEDYMIN (d. 1342)

THOMAS GEE (1815—1898)

JACOB GEEL (1789-1862)

FRIEDRICH HEINRICH GEFFCKEN (1830-1896)

MATHIEU AUGUSTE GEFFROY (1820-1895)

CARL GEGENBAUR (1826-1903)

GEGENSCHEIN (Ger. gegen, opposite, and schein, shine)

EMANUEL GEIBEL (1815–1884)

GEIGE (O. Fr. gigue, gige; O. Ital. and Span. giga; Prov. gigua; O. Dutch gigue)

ERIK GUSTAF GEIJER (1783–1847)

JAMES GEIKIE (1839- )

SIR ARCHIBALD GEIKIE (1835- )

GEILER (or GEYLER) VON KAISERSBERG, JOHANN (1445-gm),

HANS BRUNO GEINITZ (1814-1900)

GEISHA (a Chino-Japanese word meaning " person of pleasing accomplishments ")

HEINRICH GEISSLER (1814-1879)

GELATIN, or GELATINE

GELDERLAND (Guelders)

GELDERS GELDERLAND

SIR WILLIAM GELL (1777-1836)

CHRISTIAN FURCHTEGOTT GELLERT (1715-1769)

GELLERT, or KILLHART

AULUS GELLIUS (c. A.D. 13o-I8o)

GELLIVARA [GELLIVARE]

GEM (Lat. gemma, a bud,—from the root gen, meaning " to produce,"—or precious stone; in the latter sense the Greek term is > d>os)

FRANCESCO GEM1NIANI (c. 168o-1762)

GEMINI (" The Twins," i.e. Castor and Pollux)

GEMISTUS PLETHO

GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE

GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE HOUSE OF

GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE HOUSE OF SAVOY

GENEALOGY (from the Gr. yivos, family, and Vryos, theory)

GIOVANNI BUONAVENTURA GENELLI (1798 -- 1868)

GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

GENERAL AUTHORITIES ON TECIINIQUE

GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

GENERAL HISTORIES OF

GENERAL INDEXES TO PERIODICALS

GENERAL INFORMATION

GENERAL PARALYSIS OF THE INSANE (syn. General Paralysis, dementia paralytica, progressive dementia)

GENERAL REMARKS ON ORGAN

GENERAL TENDENCIES OF MODERN

GENERAL TENDENCIES SINCE

GENERAL WORKS ON HYDROZOA

GENERATION (from Lat. generare, to beget, procreate; genus, stock, race)

GENERATION OF CURVES AND CONES OF SECOND

GENESIS (Gr. 'ybeo-es, becoming; the term being used in English as a synonym for origin or process of coming into being)

GENEVA (Fr. Geneve, Ger. Genf, Ital. Ginevra, Late Lat. Gebenna, though Genava in good Latin)

GENEVIEVE, or GENOVEFA, ST (c. 422-512)

GIROLAMO GENGA (c. 1476-1551)

GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

GENOA (anc. Genua, Ital. Genova, Fr. GPnes)

ANTONIO GENOVESI (1712-1769)

ARMAND GENSONNE (1758-1793)

GENTIANACEAE (the gentian family)

GENTILE DA FABRIANO (c. 1370-c. 1450)

ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI

ALBERICO GENTILI (1552—16o8)

GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

FRIEDRICH VON GENTZ (1764-1832)

GENUINE COGNAC BRANDIES

GEODESY (from the Gr. y, the earth, and SatEty, to divide)

GEOFFREY (1158-1186)

GEOFFREY (c. I152-1212)

GEOFFREY DE MONTBRAY (d. 1093)

GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH (d. 1154)

GEOFFREY OF PARIS (d. c. 1320)

GEOFFREY THE BAKER (d. c. 136o)

MARIE THERESE RODET GEOFFRIN (1699-1777)

ETIENNE FRANCOIS GEOFFROY (1672-1731)

JULIEN LOUIS GEOFFROY (1743-1814)

GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

GEOID (from Gr. yij, the earth)

GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

GEOMETRICAL CONTINUITY

GEORGE DUNBAR (d. 1420)

GEORGE JAMES HOWARD

GEORGE JOHN DOUGLAS CAMPBELL

GEORGE NUGENT TEMPLE GRENVILLE

GEORGE OF LAODICEA

GEORGE OF TREBIZOND (1395-1484)

GEORGE PISIDA [GEORGIos PISIDES]

GEORGE THE MONK IGEORGIOS

GEORGE THE SYNCELLUS IGEORGIOS

GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK CHARLES

GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK HOWARD

GEORGE WILLIAM HERVEY