Gallaudet, Thomas Hopkins

Born at Phila- Gallio (gal'i-ō), Lucius Junius. Died about delphia, Dec. 10, 1787: died at Hartford, Conn., Sept. 9, 1851. An American educator. He founded in 1817 at Hartford, Connecticut, the first deafmute institution in America. He resigned from the presidency of this institution in 1830, and was chaplain of the Connecticut retreat for the insane at Hartford from 1838 until his death. He wrote "Bible Stories for the Young" (1833) and "The Child's Book of the Soul" (3d ed. 1850). Galle. See Point de Galle. Galle (gäl'le), Johann Gottfried. Born at Pabsthaus, near Gräfen hain i chen, Pru ia, June 9, 1812. A German astronomer. He studied math. ematics and the natural sciences at Berlin 1830-33, and 65 A. D. A Roman proconsul of Achaia 53, brother of Seneca. When he had dismi ed the Jews' complaint against Paul at Corinth, and the synagogue ruler was beaten, we read (Acts xviii. 17) that he "cared for none of these things" - not from indifference about religion, but because such matters did not concern him. Gallipoli (gäl-lēp'ō-lē). A seaport in the province of Lecce, Italy, situated on an island in the Gulf of Taranto, in lat. 40° 4′ N., long. 17° 58′ E.: the ancient Graia Call i polis. later Anxa. It has a cathedral, and was long noted for export of olive oil. Population, 9,000. Gallipoli. A seaport in the vilayet of Edirneh, Turkey, situated on the Dardanelles in lat. 40° Gallipoli 24′ N., long. 26° 39′ E.: the ancient Call i polis. In the middle ages it was a commercial center and the key of the Hellespont. It was captured by the Turks in 1354. Population, nearly 30,000. tario, Canada, situated on the Grand River 54 miles west-southwest of Toronto. Population (1901), 7,866. Gambetta Florida and Louisiana and captain-general of Cuba; and in 1783 was created count of Galvez. From June 16, 1785, until his death he was viceroy of Mexico. Galway (gal'wā). 1. A maritime county in It is bounded by Mayo and southern part of European Turkey, lying between the Dardanelles and the Gulf of Saros: the ancient Cher sones us Thracica. Gall i polis (gal-i-po-lēs'). A city and the capital of Gallia County, Ohio, situated on the Ohio about lat. 38° 50′ N., long. 82° 7' W. Population (1900), 5,432. Galli onnière (gä-le-so-nyar'), Marquis de la (Roland Michel Barrin). Born at Rochefort, France, Nov. 11, 1693: died at Nemours, France, Oct. 26, 1756. A French admiral, governor of Canada. He defeated Byng near Minorca in 1756. Gallitzen (gäl-let's en), Demetrius Augustine. Born at The Hague, Dec. 22, 1770: died at Loretto, Pa., May 6, 1840. A Ru ian mi ionary Roman Catholic priest, son of the prince Amalie Galitzin. He founded Loretto, Pennsylvania. For other members of the family, see Galitzin . Galloway (gal'ō-wā). [ME. Galloway, Galla way, Galowey, Gallawa , Gallovay , etc.] A former division of southwestern Scotland, corresponding nearly to the counties of Wigtown (West Galloway) and Kirk cud bright (East Galloway). It is a pastoral region. It was independent in very early times, and, having become an earldom, was united to Scotland in 1124. The Galwegians kept their language (a variety of the Gaelic) until the 16th century. Galloway, Joseph. Born near West River, Anne Arundel County, Md., 1730: died at Wat ford, Hertfordshire, Aug. 29, 1803. An American loyalist in the Revolution. He was a member of the first Congre in 1774; joined the British army under Howe in 1776; on the capture of Philadelphia in 1777 was made a police magistrate there and superintendent of the port; and after the evacuation of the city in 1778 went to England. He published works on the prophecies. Galloway, Rhinns of. A peninsula in the western part of Wig towns hire. It lies between St. Patrick's Channel on the west and Loch Ryan and Luce Bay on the east, and terminates toward the south in the Mull of Galloway (lat. 54° 38′ N., long. 4° 51′ W.). 1817: died Sept. 19, 1893. A Canadian statesman, son of John Galt. He was minister of finance 18581862, 1864-66, and 1867; was high commi ioner for Canada in England 1880-83; and was made K. C. M. G. in 1869, and G. C. M. G. in 1878. He has written "Canada from 1849 to 1859" (1860), etc. Galt, John. Born at Irvine, Ayrshire, May 2, Roscommon on the north, Roscommon, King's County, and Tipperary on the east, Clare and Galway Bay on the south, and the Atlantic on the west, and is divided into two parts by Lough Corrib. Area, 2,452 square miles. Population (1891), 214,712. tish novelist. His writings are especially remarkable for their delineations of Scottish life and character. His (1891), 13,746. best novels are "The Ayrshire Legatees" (1820-21), "Annals of the Parish" (1821), "Sir Andrew Wylie" (1822), "The Provost" (1822), "The Entail" (1823), and "Lawrie Todd" (1830). Galton (gâlton), Francis. Born at Dudder ton, near Birmingham, 1822. An English scientific writer and African traveler, best known from his studies of heredity. He graduated at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1844. In 1846 he traveled on the White Nile, and in 1850 in South Africa. He has published "The Telotype: a Printing Electric Telegraph" (1850), "Tropical South Africa" (1853), "The Art of Travel, etc." (1855: 5th ed. 1872), "Arts of Campaigning, etc." (1855), "Meteorogra. about 30 miles. Gama (gä'mä), Antonio Leon de. Born in Mexico City, 1735: died there, Sept. 12, 1802. A Mexican scientist. He was for many years secre. tary to the Supreme Court; later he was profe or at the