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See Gosiute. Gortchakoff (gor-chä-kof'), Prince Alexander Mikhailovitch. Born July 16, 1798: died at Baden-Baden, March 11, 1883. A noted Ru ian statesman. He was appointed amba ador ex- Goshoot. See Gosiute. traordinary at Stuttgart, in 1841, to negotiate a marriage Gosh Yuta. See Gosiute. between the Crown Prince of Würtemberg and the prince Olga, sister of the czar Nicholas. In 1854 he was sent as amba ador to Vienna, where he guarded the interests of Ru ia with great tact and ability during the Crime an war, until 1856. He was appointed minister of foreign affairs in 1856, and became vice-chancellor in 1862 and chancellor in 1863. He maintained a strict neutrality between the contending powers in the Austro-Pru ian war (1866), but in 1870 embraced the opportunity presented by the Franco-Pru ian war to repudiate the treaty of Paris (extorted from Ru ia at the close of the Crime an war in 1856) in so far as it excluded the Ru ian war fleet from the Black Sea and deprived his country of the control of the mouths of the Danube. Gortchakoff, Prince Alexander. Born 1764: died 1825. A Ru ian soldier. He served under his uncle Suvaroff in Turkey and in Poland, and became lieutenant-general in 1798. He served with distinction in the Napoleonic wars, and repulsed Marshal Lannes at Heilsberg in 1807. He acted as chief of the ministry of war in 1812, and became general and was made a member of the imperial council in 1814. Gortchakoff, Prince Andrei. Born 1768: died became the rage, and was afterwards the first literary inspiration of the orator I so crates." From him one of Plato's dialogues is named. Gorgibus (gor-zhē-büs'). 1. A comfortable old citizen in Molière's “Les précieuses ridicules." His niece and daughter torment him by their esthetic vagaries. 2. An unreasonable old citizen in Molière's “Sganarelle”: the father of Célie. Gorgo (gôr'gō). [Gr. Γοργώ.] See Gorgons. Gorgon a (gor-gō'nä). An island in the Pacific, situated about lat. 3o N., long. 78° 20′ W. It belongs to the Republic of Colombia. Gorgons (gôr gonz). [Gr. Γόργονες.] In Greek legend (Hesiod), daughters of Phorcys (whence also called Phorcydes) and Ceto, dwelling in the Western Ocean near Night and the Hesperides (or in Libya). Their names are Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa. They are girded with serpents, and, in some accounts, have wings and brazen claws and enormous teeth. According to Homer there is but one, Gorgo. See Medusa . Gori (gō'rē). A town in the government of Tiflis, Caucasus, Ru ia, situated on the Kur in lat. 41° 59′ N., long. 44°5′ E. Population (1891), 7,247. Gorinchem. See Gorkum . Goring (gōr'ing), George, Earl of Norwich. Born about 1583: died 1663. An English Royalist politician and soldier. He headed an unsucce ful Royalist rising in 1647, and was sentenced to death, but later was pardoned. Goring, George, Lord Goring. Born July 14, 1608: died at Madrid, 1657. An English general. He at first supported the Parliamentary cause, and was placed in command of Portsmouth, but in 1642 went over to the Royalists. He was, however, unable to defend Portsmouth, which was captured in Sept. He commanded the left wing of the Royalist army at the battle of Marston Moor. He was a man of unrestrained life, and in his youth was celebrated for his brilliancy and prodigality. Göritz. See Görz . Gorkhas. See Ghurkas . Gorkum, or Gorcum (gor'kum), or Gorinchem (gō'rin-chem). A town in the province of South Hornet her lands intention of the Linge with the Merwede (Maas), 22 miles east southeast of Rotter dam. It was taken by the "Water Beggars" in 1572. Population (1889), 11,224. Görlitz (gėr'lits). A city in the province of Silesia, Pru ia, situated on the Lausitzer Nei e in lat. 51° 8' N., long. 14° 58′ E. It is an imp or. cloth. The Rathaus and the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul are of interest. The place has belonged succe ively to Lusatia, Bohemia, Saxony, and Pru ia. Population (1890), 62,135. Gorm (gôrm), surnamed “The Old." Flourished about 860-935. The first king of united Den mark. Gorner (gor'ner) Glacier. One of the largest Alpine glaciers, situated in the canton of Valais, Switzerland, northwest of Monte Rosa. It is the source of the Visp. Gorner Grat. A mountain near Zermatt, Switzerland, in the Alps of Valais. Height, 10,290 feet. Görres (ger'res), Jakob Joseph von. Born at Coblenz, Pru ia, Jan. 25, 1776: died at Munich, Jan. 29, 1848. A German author. He edited the "Rheinischer Merkur" 1814-16, and became profe or of history in the University of Munich in 1827. In his early publications he supported French revolutionary principles, which caused him to be persecuted by the government, and He served as major-general under Suvaroff in Italy 1799, and commanded a division of grenadiers in 1812 and a corps of infantry in 1814, in which last-named year he fought with distinction in the battles of Leipsic and Paris. He became general in 1819, and retired from active service in 1828. Gortchakoff, Prince Mikhail. Born 1795: died rtchakon, at Warsaw, May 30, 1861. A Ru ian general. He served in the Turkish war 1828-29, in the Polish revolution 1830-31, in Hungary in 1849, on the Danube 1853–54, and in the Crimea in 1855. Gortchakoff, Prince Petr. Lived early in the 17th century. A Ru ian commander, noted for his defense of Smolensk against the Poles 1609-11. Gortchakoff, Prince Petr. Born 1790: died at Moscow, March 18, 1868. A Ru ian general, brother of Mikhail Gortchakoff. He fought against Napoleon in the campaigns of 1807 and 1812-14, and subsequently served under Yermoloff in the Caucasus. In 1829 he commanded a corps of infantry, with which he defeated a Turkish corps at Aidos. He signed in the same year the preliminaries of the peace of Adrianople. He became general in 1843, and in 1854 commanded a wing of the Ru ian army at the Alma and at Inkerman. Gorton (gôrton). A suburb of Manchester, Lancashire, England, 4 miles southeast of that city. Population (1891), 15,215. geography, a city long. Gortyna (gôr-ti nä), or Gortyn na), or Gortyn (gôrtin). [Gr. Γόρτυνα, Γορτύν .] In ancient geography, a city of Crete, situated about lat. 35° 5' N., lor 24° 56′ Ε. Görtz (gerts), Georg He in rich von. Born 1668: died at Stockholm, March 12, 1719. A Swedish statesman. He was of German origin, and was privy councilor and seneschal in Holstein when in 1706 he was sent on a mi ion to Charles XII., whose confidence he gained, and by whom he was made minister of finance in 1715, and subsequently prime minister. He formed a scheme for breaking up the league against Sweden, and planned a descent upon Scotland in behalf of the Pretender, but an accident frustrated his designs. On the death of the king he was imprisoned at the instance of Ulrica Eleonora and her husband Frederick of He e, who succeeded to the throne, and was executed on the pretext of having goaded on the king in his undertakings and mismanaged the finances. Görz (gerts), or Göritz (ger'its), It. Gorizia (gō-ret'se-ä). The capital of the crownland Görz and Gradiska, situated on the Isonzo 24 miles north-northwest of Triest. It has a cathedral and an ancient castle. Population (1890), 17,956. Görz and Gradiska (grä-diskä). A crownland and (titular) princely countship of the Cislei Carniola on the east and Italy on the west, and forms with Istria and Triest the Küstenland. It was acquired by Aus tri a in 1500. Area, 1,140 miles. Population (1890), 220,308, chiefly of Slavic and Italo-Friulian stock. Goschen (gō'shen), George Joachim. Born at London, Aug., 1831. An English politician and financier, of German descent. Entering Parliament in 1863, he was chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster in 1866, president of the poor-law board 1868-71, first lord of the admiralty 1871-74, and amba ador extraordinary to Constantinople 1880-81. From 1886 to 1895 he was a prominent member of the Liberal-Unionist party, and was chancellor of the exchequer in the Salisbury ministry 1886-92, and first lord of the admiralty 1895-1900. He has published "Theory of the Foreign Exchanges" (1863), etc. Created viscount in 1900. Goshen (gō'shen). In biblical geography, a pastoral region in Lower Egypt, occupied and colonized by the Israeli tes before the Exodus. It was situated east of the Delta and west of the IMG:content-0545.png:[blocks in formation] Gosiute (gō'si-ūt), or Goship, or Goshoot, or Gosh Yuta. A confederacy of five tribes of North American Indians in northwestern Utah and eastern Nevada. Number 256, in 1885. The name is a contraction of Goship , a former chief, and Uta or Ute . See Shoshonean . Goslar (gos'lär). A town in the province of Hannover, Pru ia, on the Gose and in the Harz, 24 miles south of Brunswick. It is of medieval appearance, and the Rathaus, monastic church, Kaiser worth, Domkapelle, and Kaiserhaus are notable buildings. The last-named is a palace founded in 1039 by the emperor Henry III. It is reputed the oldest medieval secular structure in Germany, though it was in part rebuilt after a fire in 1289. It includes the Saalbau and the Chapel of St. Ulrich. The upper story of the former contains the imperial hall (170 feet long), with ma ive round-arched windows and modern historical frescos. Near the town is the metalliferous Rammels berg. Goslar was built about 920, and was a favorite residence of the emperors. It was a Hanseatic town, and was a free city until 1802. It pa ed from Hannover to Pru ia in 1866. Population (1890), commune, 13,311. Gosnold (gos'nold), Bartholomew. Died at James town, Va., Aug. 22, 1607. An English navigator, one of the founders of the settlement at James town. He commanded an expedition (ship Concord) in 1602 which discovered Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard (both named by him), and in 1606 joined the expedition under Newport to Virginia, which discovered (and named) Capes Henry and Charles and established the set tlement of James town. Gosport (gos'port). A seaport in Hampshire, England, situated on Portsmouth harbor opposite Portsmouth. It contains a naval victualing-yard and other government establishments. Population (1891), with Alverstoke, 25,457. Go (gos), Sir John. Born at Fareham, Hampshire, Dec. 27, 1800: died at London, May 10, 1880. An English composer, chiefly of church music. He was organist of St. Paul's from 1838. Go aert (gos'ärt), or Ge art (ges'ärt), Jan, generally called Mabuse. Born at Maubeuge (Mabuse), Nord, France, probably about 1470: died at Antwerp, 1541. A Flemish painter. He went to England, where he painted the "Marriage of Henry VII. and Elizabeth of York," and portraits of the king's children. Go e (gos), Edmund William. Born at London, Sept. 21, 1849. An English poet and literary critic, son of P. H. Go e. He has written "Madrigals, Songs, and Sonnets,” and other poems (1870), a number of e ays on English, Dutch, and Scand in avian literature (1875-83), "New Poems" (1879), "English Odes" (completed in 1881), Life of Thomas Gray" (1882), "Seven(1884), "From Shakspere to Pope" (lectures delivered by Go e as Clark lecturer, Trinity College, Cambridge: published in 1885), “Firdausi in Exile, etc." (1885), "Raleigh" (1886), "Congreve" (1888), etc. teenth Century Studies" (1883), "Works of Thomas Gray" Go e, Philip Henry. Born at Worcester, England, April 6, 1810: died at Torquay, Aug. 23, 1888. An English zoölogist. Among his works are "The Canadian Naturalist” (1840), "Aquarium" (1854), "British Sea Anemones and Corals" (1858), "Romance of Natural History" (1860–61), etc. Go e lies (gos-lē'). A town in the province of Hainaut, Belgium, 28 miles south of Bru els. Population (1890), 9,118. Go elin (gos-lan'), Pascal François Joseph. Born at Lille, Dec. 6, 1751: died at Paris, Feb. 7, 1830. A French antiquarian. He was a deputy to the National A embly in 1789, and became a member of the central administration of commerce in 1791, and a member of the ministry of war in 1794. He was elected to the French Institute soon after its foundation, and succeeded Barthélemy as keeper of the medals in the National Li brary 1799, a post which he retained until his death. Go on (gos'on), Stephen. Born in 1555: died Feb. 13, 1624. An English author. He became rector of Great Wig borough in 1591, a living which he ex- changed for that of St. Botolph, Bishops gate, London, in 1600. Among his extant works are "The Schoole of Abuse" (1579), "The Ephemerides of Phialo" (1579), and "Playes Confuted" (no date). Got (gō), François Jules Edmond. Born Oct. 1, 1822: died March 20, 1901. A noted French actor. He made his début at the Comédie Française in 1844. He played succe fully the first parts in cla ical and modern French comedy, particularly Sganarelle, Tri otin, Figaro, etc., in the former, and Giboyer (in Augier's plays "Les effrontés" and "Le fils de Giboyer"), Maitre Gué- rin, Mercadet, David Sichel, etc., in the latter. He also played such parts as Triboulet and Harpagon with equal suc- ce . Hewas profe or of declamation at the Conservatoire. Göta, or Götha (ge'tä). A river of Sweden, flowing from Lake Wener into the Cattegat near Go then burg. Length, about 55 miles. Gotha (gō'tä). A duchy of Germany. See Saxe- Coburg-Gotha. Gotha Gotha. A city in the duchy of Saxe-Coburg Goth a, and, alternately with Coburg, the residence of its dukes, situated in lat. 50° 57′ N., long. 10° 42′ E. It is one of the chief commercial places in Thu ring i a, and is interesting for the Frieden(with library, cabinet of coins), (antiquities, picture-gallery, etc.), and the geographical institute of Justus Perthes. Population (1890), 29,134. Gotha, Almanach de. An annual register published in French and German at Gotha from 1764. It comprises a genealogical detail of the principal royal and aristocratic families of Europe, and a diplomatic and statistical record for the time of the different states of the world. Gothaer (gō'tä-er). In modern German history, a political party which favored constitutional government and a confederation of states under Pru ia: applied originally to certain members of the Frankfort Parliament who a embled at Gotha June, 1849. Gotham (gō'tham). 1. A parish in Nottingham shire, England, 6 miles south of Nottingham. The simplicity of its inhabitants, which has pa ed into a proverb, is said to have been simulated to avert a king's anger. The "foles of Gotham" are mentioned as early as the 15th century in the "Towneley Mysteries"; and at the commencement of the 16th century a collection of stories, said to be by Dr. Andrew Borde, was made about them, not, however, including the following, which rests on the authority of nursery tradition: Three wise men of Gotham Went to sea in a bowl: And if the bowl had been stronger My song would have been longer. Hall i well , Nursery Rhymes. 2. A name given to the city of New York. Gotham Election, A. A farce by Mrs. Cent livre, produced in 1715. Gothamite (gō'tham-it). A humorous epithet for a New-Yorker, first used by Washington Irving in "Salmagundi” (1807). Gothard, St. See St. Gotthard . Go then burg, or Gotten burg (got'en-börg), Sw. Göteborg (ye'te-borg). A seaport and the capital of the laen of Go then burg and Bohus, Sweden, situated on the Göta, near its mouth, in lat. 57° 41′ N., long. 11° 55′ E.: the second city of Sweden. It was founded by Gustavus Adolphus about 1619. Its commercial importance dates from the Napoleonic wars. The chief manufactures are sugar, machinery, cotton, and beer. It has become notable in recent years for its licensing system for the decrease of intemperance. Population (1900), 130,619. Go then burg and Bohus (bō'hös). A maritime laen of Sweden, bordering on the Skager Rack and Cattegat. Area, 1,952 square miles. Population (1890), 297,824. Gothia (gō'thi-ä). See Sept i mania . Gothic (goth'ik). The language of the Goths. The Goths spoke various forms of a Teutonic tongue now usually cla ed with the Scand in avian as the eastern branch of the Teutonic family, though it has also close affinities with the western branch (Old High German, Anglo-Saxon, etc.). All forms of Gothic have perished without record, except that spoken of the western Goths (Visi goth, who at the beginning of the 4th century occupied Dacia (Wall a chia, etc.), and who before the end of that century pa ed over in great numbers into Mæsia (now Bulgaria, etc.). Revolting against the Roman Empire, they extended their conquests even into Gaul and Spain. Their language, now called Mæso gothic or simply Gothic , is preserved in the fragmentary remains of a nearly complete translation of the Bible made by their bishop, Wulfila (a name also used in the forms Uljila , Ulphila , Ulfilas ), who lived in the 4th century A. D., and in some other fragments. These remains are of a high philological importance, preceding by several centuries the next earliest Teutonic records (Anglo-Saxon and Old High German).