HENRY GILLMAN Scientist, author; born, Kinsale, Ireland, Nov. 16, 1833; son of Edward and Eleanor Mandeville (Hackett) Gillman; descended from Adam Winthrop, lord of the manor of Groton, Suffolk, father of John Winthrop, governor of Massachusetts, 1630; academic education; came with his parents to Detroit, 1850; was 1st assistant U.S. Geodetic Survey of Great Lakes, in charge of a topog. and hydrographical party, 1851-69; asst. supt., construction 10th and 11th lighthouse districts on Northern Lakes, 1870-6; married, 1858,Mary Julia, daughter of Hiram Reeve Johnson, of Detroit. Superintendent and librarian Detroit Public Library, 1880-85; U.S. consul, Jerusalem, 1886-91; took such a stand against expulsion of Jews from Palestine by Turks that his position was upheld by several European powers and exclusion laws were modified. Known for his researches in archaeology and botany and his procurement and publication of photograph facsimiles of texts of early Christian MSS. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science; member British Association, American Oriental Society, etc.; member-at-large for America, 1876, to Congress of Americanists, at Luxemburg. Author: Marked for Life (poems), 1863; The Wild Flowers and Gardens of Jerusalem and Palestine, 1894; Hassan—a Fellah (a Romance of Palestine), 1898; Vericourt Westhrop and Issue, 1903; also many scientific and other papers. Address: 107 Fort St., W. The Book of Detroiters by Albert Nelson Marquis 1908

ROBERT WINTHROP GILLMAN Physician; born, Detroit, Nov. 2, 1865; son of Henry and Mary (Johnson) Gillman; educated in public schools of Detroit; M.D., Detroit College of Medicine, 1889; post-graduate study for four years in London, Paris, Vienna and Berlin; unmarried. While abroad was appointed to British Ophthalmic Hospital, Jerusalem, Palestine, where he continued, 1889-92; has been in practice in Detroit since 1892, making a specialty of diseases of the eye and ear; clinical professor of ophthalmology and otology, Detroit College of Medicine; attending oculist and aurist, St. Mary’s Hospital, St. Luke’s Hospital, Woman’s Hospital and Foundlings’ Home. Democrat. Episcopalian. Member Wayne County and Michigan State Medical societies, American Medical Association, Detroit Academy of Medicine, Ophthalmological and Otological Club. Clubs: Detroit, Detroit Boat, Old Club. Recreation: Fishing. Address: 107 W. Fort St. The Book of Detroiters by Albert Nelson Marquis 1908