Goodrich, Cliauncey Allan, D.D., was born in New Haven, Conn., Oct. 23, 1790. He graduated at Yale in 1810 ; was tutor in Yale College from 1812 to 1814; and in 1816, having completed a course of the- ological study, was installed as pastor of the First Church in IMiddletown, Conn. On the accession of Dr. Day to the presidency of Yale College in 1817,
IMr. Goodrich was elected professor of rhetoric and ora- tory in that institution, but relinquislied the olfice in 1839, to accept the cliair of pastoral theology in the theological seminary, a position which he occupied until his death — a period of twenty years. In 1820 he was elected president of Williams College, but de- clined to accept that honor. In 1835 he received the degree of doctor of divinity from Brown L^niversitv. " In 1814 he prepared a Greek grammar, which passed through several editions. In 1827 he superintended the abridgment of \Vebstei-'s Quarto American Diction- ary. In 1829 he established the Quarterly Chrlstiiin Spectator, which he edited for nearly ten years. In 184G and '47 he prepared revised editions of Webster's Dictionary, and in 1856, the university edition of the same work. In 1852 he published his admirable work on British Eloquence, which has been extensive!}' cir- culated, both in England and America. Besides per- forming the literary labor involved in preparing and editing these various works. Prof. Goodrich was prom- inentlj' connected with man}' of the most important benevolent societies of tlie countrj-. At the time of his deatli he was laboriously engaged, as one of the 'Committee on Versions' of the American Bible So- ciety, in preparing a new edition of the English text. As an instructor, Prof. Goodrich was enthusiastic, im- tiring, and effective, always impressing himself upon his pupils, inspiring them to the highest efibrt. He guided them to imitate models of clear and eloquent thinking, and taught them to express their own thoughts in a chaste and manly style. As an officer of the college, he was singularly active and energetic, never shrinking from any duty or responsiljility, and always making the interests of the institution the ob- ject of his own personal care and anxious solicitude." He died at New Haven, Feb. 25, 1860.— A^'ew York Ob- server, March 1, 1860; Neto Haven Journcd; Congrega- tional Quarterly, 18G0, p. 241.
Goodrich, Elizur, D.D., a Congregational min- ister, was born in Wethersfield, Conn., Oct. 26, 1734. He graduated at Yale College in 1752. He now stud- ied theology, but was called to be tutor at Yale College j in 1755. In 1756 he was invited to the Congregational j church in Durham, Conn. In 1766, to aid in the sup- port of his growing family, he began to prepare stu- dents for college. His thorough scholarship made him a highly successful teacher, and during the next twen- ty years more than three hundred J'oung men passed under his instructions. He was repeatedly sent bj' the General Association of Connecticut as a delegate to a convention held hj that association, and the synods of New York and Philadelphia, from 17C6 to 1776. He received the degree of doctor of divinity from Princeton College. In 177G he was elected to the cor- poration of Yale College, and, as a member of the Prudential Committee, his labors in behalf of the col- lege for twentj' years were among the most useful of his life. He died of apoplexy' at Norfolk, Conn., Nov. 22, 1797. He published a number of occasional dis- courses.— Sprague, Annals, i, 506.
Goodrich, Thomas, an eminent English divine, was bom at East Kirliy, Lincolnshire, about 1480. He studied at Corpus Christ! College, Cambridge, gradua- ted at Jesus College in 1510, and became proctor of the university in 1515. In 1529 lie gained great favor with Henry VIII by pronouncing himself against the validity of that prince's marriage with Catharine. He was successive!}^ appointed rector of St. Peter's, Lon- don, canon of St. Stephen's, Westminster, and chaplain of the king. In 1534 he was elected bishop of Ely, and showed himself a zealous supporter of the Refor- mation. He took an active part in the organization of the English Church, was one of the theologians com- missioned to examine the translation of the N. T., to compile the Common Prayer-book of 1548, and the In- I stitution of a Christian Man, called also the Bishops'
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Book, with the collaboration of Cranmer, Stokesley, Gardiner, Sampson, Latimer, etc. Goodrich was a member of the privy council under Henry VIII and Edward VI, wlio also employed liim several times as ambassador. In 1551 he was appointed lord chancel- lor of England. This office he lost when queen JIary ascended the throne, but he retained his bisliopric, and died May 10, 1554. — Hoefer, Nouv. Bioij. Genirale, xxi, 261; Hook, A'ecfe. 7>to^. V, 338; Burnet, IJist. (if Engl. Jieformatioii, ii, 2U, 2U1, 427.