History of Maryland, (Otsego County) New York United States of America

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Simon Henry Gage, naturalist, was born at Maryland, N.Y., May 20, 1851; son of Henry Van Tassel and Lucy Ann (Grover) Gage; grandson of Abraham and Hannah (Van Tassel) Gage, and of Asa R. and Elizabeth (Cole) Graver, and a descendant of William Gage, William Makepeace, William Bogardus and William Davis. He was prepared for college at the Albany normal school and the New York Conference seminary at Charlotteville, N.Y., and was graduated from Cornell university in 1877. He was instructor in microscopy and practical physiology at Cornell university, 1878-81; assistant professor of physiology and lecturer on microscopical technology, 1881-89; studied in Europe, 1889, and was associate professor of physiology from 1889 to 1896. In 1896 he was appointed professor of microscopy, histology and embryology in Cornell university and the New York state veterinary college. He was vice-president of the microscopical section of the American association for the advancement of science in 1885, and presided over the section of biology in 1892. In 1896 he was president of the American microscopical society. He was elected to membership in the Association of American anatomists, the American society of naturalists, and the American morphological society. His published works include: The Microscope and Histology (1881; 7th rev. ed., 1899); Anatomical Teehnology (with Prof. B. G. Wilder, 1882; 3d ed., 1886); Notes on Histological Methods (1886); Notes on Microscopical Methods (1887), besides numerous papers and contributions to cyclop?dias and dictionaries and to scientific periodicals.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Maryland, (Otsego County) New York

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