GILDEROY WELLS GRIFFIN
\ɡˈɪldəɹˌɔ͡ɪ wˈɛlz ɡɹˈɪfɪn], \ɡˈɪldəɹˌɔɪ wˈɛlz ɡɹˈɪfɪn], \ɡ_ˈɪ_l_d_ə_ɹ_ˌɔɪ w_ˈɛ_l_z ɡ_ɹ_ˈɪ_f_ɪ_n]\
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An American lawyer and author; born in Louisville, Ky., in 1840. He was educated at Louisville University, and admitted to the bar in 1861. He was consul to Copenhagen in 1871; to the Samoan Islands in 1876; to Auckland, New Zealand, in 1879; and to Sydney, Australia, in 1884. He wrote: "Studies in Literature" (1870); "My Danish Days" (1875); "New Zealand Her Commerce and Resources" (1884); etc.
By Charles Dudley Warner
