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4 unusual facts about Samuel Griswold Goodrich


Abigail Goodrich Whittelsey

Born as the daughter of a clergyman she became the elder sister of Samuel Griswold Goodrich.

Caucasian squirrel

Samuel Griswold Goodrich described the Caucasian squirrel in 1885 as "Its color is grayish-brown above, and yellowish-brown below".

Samuel Griswold Goodrich

James Joyce mentions the name of Peter Parley in his novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man at the end of chapter I.

William Stopford Kenny

He edited, compiled, and wrote many educational works, such as The History of England (1850, with William Godwin), Kenny's School Geography (1856), and Tales About the Sun, Moon, Stars, and Comets (1862, with Samuel Goodrich).



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