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GOAT (a common Teut. word; O. Eng. gat, Goth. gaits, Mod. Ger. Geiss, cognate with Lat. haedus, a kid)

SAMUEL GOBAT (1799—1879)

JEAN BAPTISTE JOSEPH GOBEL (1727-1794)

GOBI (for which alternative Chinese names are SHA-MO, " sand desert," and HAN-HAI, " dry sea ")

RENE GOBLET (1828-1905)

BENJAMIN LOUIS PAUL GODARD (1849-1895)

GODEFROY (GoTHOFREDUS)

FREDERIC LOUIS GODET (1812-1900)

GODFREY OF BOUILLON (c. ro6o-11oo)

GODFREY OF VITERBO (c. 1120-C. 1196)

SIR EDMUND BERRY GODFREY (1621-1678)

JEAN BAPTISTE ANDRE GODIN (1817–1888)

EDWIN LAWRENCE GODKIN (1831-1902)

EARL SIDNEY GODOLPHIN GODOLPHIN

MANUEL DE RIOS SANCHEZ Y ZARZOSA ALVAREZ DE FARIA GODOY (1767-1851)

GODROON, or GADROON (Fr. godron, of unknown etymology)

FRANCIS GODWIN (1562-1633)

MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT GODWIN (1759-1797)

GODWINE (d. 1o53)

AUGUST KARL VON GOEBEN (1816—188o)

MICHAEL JAN DE GOEJE (1836—1909)

DAMIAO DE GOES (1502—1574)

HUGO VAN DER GOES (d. 1482)

JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE (1749-1832)

HERMANN GOETZ (184o-1876)

GOFFE (or Govc11), WILLIAM (fl. 1642-1660)

GOG (possibly connected with the Gentilic Gagaya, " of the land of Gag," used in Amarna Letters i. 38, as a synonym for " barbarian," or with Ass. Gagu, a ruler of the land of Sahi, N. of Assyria, or with Gyges, Ass. Gugu, a king of Lydia)

NIKOLAI VASILIEVICH GOGOL (1809—1852)

GOGRA, or GHAGRA

LOUIS JEROME GOHIER (1.746–1830)

PIERRE GOIJTHIERE (1740-18o6)

GOITRE (from Lat. guttur, the throat; synonyms, Bronchocele, Derbyshire Neck)

GOKCHA (06K-CIAI; Armenian Sevanga; ancient Haosravagha)

GOLD AND SILVER THREAD

atomic weight 195.7 GOLD [symbol Au (H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

MELCHIOR GOLDAST AB HAIMINSFELD (1576-1635)

GOLDEN BULL (Lat. Bulla Aurea)

GOLDEN ROSE (rosa aurea)

GOLDFINCH (Ger. Gold fink')

GOLDFISH (Cyprinus or Carassius auratus)

GEORG AUGUST GOLDFUSS (1782-1848)

SIR GEORGE DASHWOOD TAUBMAN GOLDIE (1846– )

ARTHUR GOLDING (c. 1536-c. 1605)

GOLDINGEN (Lettish, Kuldiga)

KARL GOLDMARK (1832- )

CARLO GOLDONI (1707-1793)

HERMANN GOLDSCHMIDT (1802-1866)

LEWIS GOLDSMITH (c. 1763–1846)

OLIVER GOLDSMITH (1728–1774)

THEODOR GOLDSTUCKER (1821-1872)

THOMAS GOLDWELL (d. 1585)

IGNAZ GOLDZIHER (1850– )

GOLETTA [LA GOULETTE]

GOLF (in its older forms GOFF, GOUFF or GOWFF, the last of which gives the genuine old pronunciation)

BORIS ALEKSYEEVICH GOLITSUIN (1654–1714)

VASILY VASILEVICH GOLITSUIN (1643-1714)

GOLOSH, or GALOSH (from the Fr. galoche, Low Lat. calopedes, a wooden shoe or clog; an adaptation of the Gr. icaXair6&ov, a diminutive formed of KaXov, wood, and ioi3s, foot)

COUNT FEDOR ALEKSYEEVICH GOLOVIN (d. 1706)

COUNT GAVRIIL IVANOVICH GOLOVKIN (1660-1734)

VASILY MIKHAILOVICH GOLOVNIN (1776-1831)

BOGUMIL GOLTZ (18o1-1870)

FREIHERR VON DER COLMAR GOLTZ (1843- )

HENDRIK GOLTZIUS (1558-1617)

COUNT AGENOR GOLUCHOWSKI (1849- )

FRANZ GOMARUS (1563-1641)

SIEUR DU PARC ET DE MARIN LE ROY GOMBERVILLE (1600—1674)

GERTRUDIS GOMEZ DE AVELLANEDA (1814-1873)

DIOGO GOMEZ (DIEGO) (ff. 1440-1482)

SIR WILLIAM MAYNARD GOMM (1784-1875)

SAMUEL GOMPERS (1850— )

THEODOR GOMPERZ (1832– )

GONAGUAS (" borderers ")

ANTONIO GONCALVES DIAS (1823-1864)

IVAN ALEXANDROVICH GONCHAROV (1812-1891)

COUNT DIEGO SARMIENTO DE ACUNA GONDOMAR

GONFALON (the late French and Italian form, also found in other Romanic languages, of gonfanon, which is derived from the O.H. Ger. gundfano, gund, war, and fano, flag, cf. Mod. Ger. Fahne, and English " vane ")

GONG (Chinese, gong-gong or tam-tam)

LUIS DE GONGORA Y ARGOTE (1561-1627)

GONIOMETER (from Gr. ytavia, angle, and d rpov, measure)

MARIE JOSEPHINE LOUISE GONTAUT

EDMUND GONVILE (d. 1351)

THOMAZ ANTONIO GONZAGA (1744-1809)

GONZALO DE BERCEO (c. 118o-c. 1246)

SIR DANIEL GOOCH

GOOD FRIDAY (probably " God's Friday ")

JOHN MASON GOOD (1764-1827)

GODFREY GOODMAN (1583–1656)

SAMUEL GRISWOLD GOODRICH (1793-1860)

GOODRICH, or GOODRICKE, THOMAS (d. 1554)

JOHN GOODSIR (1814–1867)

JOHN GOODWIN (c. 1594–1665)

NATHANIEL CARL GOODWIN (1857– )

THOMAS GOODWIN (1600-168o)

WILLIAM WATSON GOODWIN (1831– )

CHARLES GOODYEAR (1800-186o)

BARNABE GOOGE (1540-1594)

GOOSE (GAME OF)

GOOSE (a common Teut. word, O. Eng. gOs, pl. ges, Ger. Gans, O. Norse gas, from Aryan root, ghans, whence Sans. hansa, Lat. anser (for hanser)

GOPHER (Testudo polyphemus)

GORAMY, or GOURAMY (Osphromenus olfax)

GORCHAKOV, or GORTCHAKOEF

GORDIAN, or GORDIANUS

ADAM LINDSAY GORDON (1833—1870)

ALEXANDER GORDON (c. 1692—c. 1754)

CHARLES GEORGE GORDON (1833-'885)

LORD GEORGE GORDON (1751-1793)

PATRICK GORDON (1635–1699)

SIR JOHN WATSON GORDON (1788—1864)

CATHERINE GRACE FRANCES GORE (1799-1861)

CHARLES GORE (1853– )

ARTHUR GORGEI (1818- )

SIR FERDINANDO GORGES (c. 1566-1647)

GORGET (O. Fr. gorgete, dim. of gorge, throat)

GORGIAS (c. 483–375 B.C.)

GORGONS GORGON (Gr. Popyc'o, Fopyoves, the "terrible," or, according to some, the " loud-roaring ")

GORILLA (or PoNGO)

GORINCHEM, or GORCUM

LORD GEORGE GORING GORING (1608-1657)

MAXIM GORKI (1868– )

JOHANN JOSEPH VON GORRES (1776-1848)

ANTOINE JOSEPH GORSAS (1752-1793)

SIR JOHN ELDON GORST (1835- )

SAMUEL GORTON (c. 1600-1677)

GORTYNA, or GORTYN

BARON VON SCHUTZ GEORG HEINRICH VON GORTZ (1668-1719)

GORZ (Ital. Gorizia ; Slovene, Gorica)

GORZ AND GRADISCA

GEORGE JOACHIM GOSCHEN GOSCHEN

WAWRZYNIEC GOSLICKI (? 1533-16o7)

GOSLIN, or GAUZLINUS (d. c. 886)

BARTHOLOMEW GOSNOLD (d. 1607)

GOSPATRIC (fl. 1(367)

GOSPEL (O. Eng. godspel, i.e. good news, a translation of Lat. bona annuntiatio, or evangelium, Gr. evayyeXwv; cf. Goth. iu spillon, " to announce good news," Ulfilas' translation of the Greek, from iu, that which is good, and spellon to announce)

GOSPEL OP BARNABAS

SIR JOHN GOSS (1800–1880)

EDMUND GOSSE (1849– )

PHILIP HENRY GOSSE (1810–r888)

FRANCOIS JOSEPH GOSSEC (1734—1829)

GOSSIP (from the O.E. godsibb, i.e. God, and sib, akin, standing in relation to)

JOHANNES EVANGELISTA GOSSNER (1773-1858)

STEPHEN GOSSON (1554-1624)

FRANCCOIS JULES EDMOND GOT (1822-1901)

WISE MEN OF GOTHAM

GOTHENBURG (Swed. Goteborg)

GOTHIC INFLUENCE ON THE ITALIAN REVIVAL

FRIEDRICH WILHELM GOTTER (1746-1797)

GOTTFRIED VON STRASSBURG

CARL WILHELM GOTTLING (1793-1869)

GOTTESCALE] GOTTSCHALK [GODESCALUS (c. 808-867?)

RUDOLF VON GOTTSCHALL (1823-1909)

JOHANN CHRISTOPH GOTTSCHED (1700-1766)

GOUDA (or TER GouwE)

CLAUDE GOUDIMEL

GOUGE (adopted from the Fr. gouge, derived from the Late Lat. gubia or gulbia, in Ducange gulbium, an implement ad hortum excolendum; and also instrumentum ferreum in usu fabrorum; according to the New English Dictionary the word is probably of Celtic ori

MARTIN GOUGE (c. 1360–1444)

VISCOUNT HUGH GOUGH GOUGH (1779-1869)

JOHN BARTHOLOMEW GOUGH (1817-1886)

RICHARD GOUGH (1735-1809)

CLAUDE PIERRE GOUJET (1697-1767)

JEAN GOUJON (c. 1520-c. 1566)

JEAN MARIE CLAUDE ALEXANDRE GOUJON (1766-1795)

EDWARD MEYRICK GOULBURN (1818-1897)

HENRY GOULBURN (1784-1856)

AUGUSTUS ADDISON GOULD (,8o5-1866)

BENJAMIN APTHORP GOULD (1824-1896)

JAY GOULD (1836-1892)

SIR FRANCIS CARRUTHERS GOULD (1844- )

CHARLES FRANCOIS GOUNOD (1818--1893)

BARON GASPAR GOURGAUD (1783-1852)

COUNT JOSEPH VLADIMIROVICH GOURKO (1828–1901)

JEAN HERAULD GOURVILLE (1625–1703)

GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

GOVERNORS AT THE CAPE SINCE INTRODUCTION OF

GOVERNORS OF CONNECTICUT

GOVERNORS OF NEW YORK

GOVERNORS OF NORTH

GOVERNORS OF RHODE

GOVERNORS OF SOUTH CAROLINA

GOVERNORS OF THE

GOVERNORS OF WISCONSIN

GOVERNORS UNDER THE CHARTER OF 1663

NIEL GOW (1727-1807)

JOHN GOWER (d. 1408)

3RD EARL OF JOHN RUTHVEN GOWRIE (c. 1577-1600)

FRANCISCO GOYA Y LUCIENTES (1746-1828)

GOYANNA, or GOIANA

JAN JOSEPHSZOON VAN GOYEN (1596-1656)

LEON GOZLAN (1806-1866)

COUNT CARLO GOZZI (1722-1806)

COUNT GASPARO GOZZI (1713-1786)

BENOZZO GOZZOLI

CHRISTIAN DIETRICH GRABBE (1801-1836)

JOHN ERNEST GRABE (1666-1711)

GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)

WILLIAM GILBERT GRACE (1848– )

THE GRACES (Gr. X&panes, Lat. Gratiae)

BALTASAR GRACIAN Y MORALES (16or-1658)

GRACKLE (Lat. Gracculus or Graculus)

GRADUAL (Med. Lat. gradualis, of or belonging to steps or degrees; gradus, step)

GRADUATE (Med. Lat. graduale, to admit to an academical degree, gradus)

GRADUATION (see also GRADUATE)

GRADUS, or GRADUS AD PARNASSUM (a step to Parnassus)

HEINRICH GRAETZ (1817–1891)

GRAEVIUS (properly GRAVE or GREFFE), JOHANN GEORG (1632-1703)

ARTURO GRAF (1848– )

KARL HEINRICH GRAF (1815–1869)

ALBRECHT VON GRAFE (1828–187o)

HEINRICH GRAFE (1802–1868)

KARL FERDINAND VON GRAFE (1787–1840)

CHARLES GRAFLY (1862— )

GRAFT (a modified form of the earlier " grail," through the French from the Late Lat. graphium, a stylus or pencil)

DUKES OF GRAFTON

RICHARD GRAFTON (d. 1572)

SIR GERALD GRAHAM (1831–1899)

SIR JAMES ROBERT GEORGE GRAHAM

SYLVESTER GRAHAM (1794-1851)

THOMAS GRAHAM (1805-1869)

GRAIL (formerly KAREL)

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

GRAINS OF PARADISE, GUINEA GRAINS, or MELEGUETA PEPPER (Ger. Paradieskorner, Fr. graines de Paradis, maniguette)

GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

GRAMMONT (the Flemish name Gheeraardsbergen more clearly reveals its • etymology . Gerardi-mons)

ANTOINE AGENOR ALFRED GRAMONT

COMTE DE PHILIBERT GRAMONT (1621-1707)

GRAMOPHONE (an invented word, formed' on an inversion of " phonogram "; cbwvil, sound, ypaµµa, letter)

GRAMPUS (Orca gladiator, or Orca orca)

LUIS DE GRANADA (1504-1588)

MARQUESS JOHN MANNERS GRANBY

WAR OF THE GRAND ALLIANCE (alternatively called the War of the League of Augsburg)

GRAND CANARY (Gran Canaria)

GRANDEE (Span. Grande)

URBAN GRANDIER (1590–1634.)

GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

FRANCOIS MARIUS GRANET (1777-1849)

GRANGE (through the A.-Fr. graunge, from the Med. Lat. granea, a place for storing grain, granum)

JAMES GRANGER (1723-1776)

GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)

ANNE GRANT (1755-1838)

CHARLES GRANT (1746-1823)

GEORGE MONRO GRANT (1835–1902)

JAMES GRANT (1822–1887)

JAMES AUGUSTUS GRANT (1827–1892)

ROBERT GRANT (1814-1892)

SIR ALEXANDER GRANT

SIR FRANCIS GRANT (1803-1878)

SIR JAMES HOPE GRANT (1808–1895)

SIR PATRICK GRANT (1804-1895)

ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT (1822-1885)

THOMAS ROBINSON GRANTHAM

1ST BARON FLETCHER NORTON GRANTLEY (1716-1789)

GRANULITE (Lat. granulum, a little grain)

CARDINAL DE ANTOINE PERRENOT GRANVELLA

GRANVILLE GRANVILLE

EARL JOHN CARTERET GRANVILLE (1690-1763)

GRAPHICAL METHODS

GRASLITZ (Czech, Kraslice)