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Vale, Gilbert 1788-1866

Author; born in London, [2] England, in 1788; received a classical education; came to the United States in 1829; engaged in literary work in New York and Brooklyn; editor of the Citizen and of the World for several years, and later of the Beacon, a scientific and literary journal; invented a combined celestial sphere and terrestrial globe as a model for instruction in astronomy. His publications include Fanaticism, its source and influence; and the Life of Thomas Paine. He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1866.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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