Ichthyologist and museum administrator. He was the son of Francis C. Goode and Sarah Crane Goode. On November 29, 1877, he married Sarah Judd. They were the parents of four children including Kenneth Mackarness Goode born December 8, 1880. He entered Wesleyan University at Middletown, Connecticut, in 1866, and graduated in 1870. In 1870, Goode was admitted to Harvard University for a year of post-graduate study. Goode spent his summers collecting fish off the Atlantic coasts of Long Island, Florida and Bermuda. In 1873 he was appointed Assistant Curator in the United States National Museum, a position he retained until 1877 when his title was changed to Curator. He has been described as the father of the modern American museum. Goode was also a historian, bibliographer and genealogist. He studied the history of American science and produced several papers on the subject. These included The Beginnings of Natural History in America. He compiled bibliographies of several prominent naturalists, and his Virginia Cousins, was considered a model genealogy. (bio by: George Sietz)
Ichthyologist and museum administrator. He was the son of Francis C. Goode and Sarah Crane Goode. On November 29, 1877, he married Sarah Judd. They were the parents of four children including Kenneth Mackarness Goode born December 8, 1880. He entered Wesleyan University at Middletown, Connecticut, in 1866, and graduated in 1870. In 1870, Goode was admitted to Harvard University for a year of post-graduate study. Goode spent his summers collecting fish off the Atlantic coasts of Long Island, Florida and Bermuda. In 1873 he was appointed Assistant Curator in the United States National Museum, a position he retained until 1877 when his title was changed to Curator. He has been described as the father of the modern American museum. Goode was also a historian, bibliographer and genealogist. He studied the history of American science and produced several papers on the subject. These included The Beginnings of Natural History in America. He compiled bibliographies of several prominent naturalists, and his Virginia Cousins, was considered a model genealogy. (bio by: George Sietz)
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DR. George Brown Goode
Born Feb. 13, 1851, New Albany, Indiana
Died Sept. 6, 1896, Washington, D.C.
In Charge Of The United States National Museum And Assistant Secretary Of The Smithsonian Institution
Designer Of The Insignia Of The Daughters Of
The American Revolution And Chairman Of
Their First Advisory Committee
A Student Of American History, Of Literature
And Of Science. A Genealogist And A Loyal American Patriot.
Placed By The National Society
Daughters Of The American Revolution
In Grateful Memory Of A Friend.
April 11, 1952.
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