GOODMAN

Sir George ( son of Benjamin Goodman of Leeds, who d. 10 June 1848 aged 85 ). Wool stapler at Leeds and Bradford; mayor of Leeds 1836, 1847 and 9 Nov. 1850 to 20 March 1852; represented Leeds at Great Exhibition 1851; knighted at St. James’s palace 26 Feb. 1852; M.P. for Leeds 1852–1857. d. Roundhay near Leeds 13 Oct. 1859 aged 67. R. V. Taylor’s Biograph i a Leodiensis (1865) 477–80. GOODSIR, John ( eld. son of John Goodsir of An strut her, Fife, surgeon ). b. An strut her 14 March 1814; ed. at St. Andrews and Univ. of Edin.; L.C.S. Edin. 1836, curator of Museum 1841–43; curator of Museum in Univ. of Edin. 1845–46; profe or of anatomy in Univ. of Edin. 1846 to Dec. 1866; author of Anatomical and pathological observations 1845; conducted Annals of anatomy and physiology , Nos. 1–3, 1850–53. d. South Cottage, Wardie near Edinburgh 6 March 1867. J. Goodsir’s Anatomical memoirs, edited by W. Turner i , 1–191 (1868), portrait ; Proc. of Royal Soc. xvi , 14–16 (1868).