Gay, John. 1688–1732. Poet and dramatist. G. wrote The Beggar's Opera, a famous musical drama, and numerous other works. See edition of his Poems, London, 1806. See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 3, and Gay's Fables edited by Austin Dobson. Pub. Apl.
Gell [jĕl], Sir Wm. 1777–1836. Archæologist. Author Topography of Rome, etc.
Geoffrey [jĕf´rĭ] of Dunstable. —— 1146. Author of a miracle play of St. Catherine 1110, usually considered the first dramatic work in any modern language.
Geoffrey of Monmouth. c. 1100–1154. Bp. St. Asaph, Anglo-Saxon Chronicler.
Gibbon, Edward. 1737–1794. Historian. Author of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; a masterly work, artistically conceived and carried out, with great research and careful detail. See Milman's edition, 1845. See Autobiography edited by Milman, 1839. Pub. Har. Por.
Gifford, Wm. 1757–1826. Critic and reviewer. G. wrote the Baviad and Mæviad, two sharp literary satires, and as editor of the Quarterly Review was author of many bitter, satirical reviews. See Hazlitt's Spirit of the Age.
Gilbert, Wm. 1540–1603. Philosophical writer. Author De Magnete.
Gilbert, Wm. 18— ——. Novelist. Author De Profundis, etc.
Gilbert, Wm. Schevenck. 1836 ——. Dramatist and humorous poet; son to preceding. Author of The Bab Ballads, Original Plays, and of the librettos of Pinafore, Pirates of Penzance, The Sorcerer, Patience, Iolanthe, etc. See Scribner's Mag., Sept. 1879. Pub. Por. Rou. Scr.
Gilchrist, Alexander. 1827–1861. Biographer and art writer. Author lives of Blake and Etty.