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Henry Hill Goodell was the son of Rev. William Goodell, missionary to Turkey, and of Abigail Perkins Davis, his wife. He was born on May 20, 1839, in Constantinople.
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Henry Hill Goodell was the son of Rev. William Goodell, missionary to Turkey, and of Abigail Perkins Davis, his wife. He was born on May 20, 1839, in Constantinople.
At the age of seventeen, Goodell was sent to the United States. He prepared for college at Williston Seminary, East- hampton, Massachusets.
Graduating at Amherst in the class of 1862, Goodell hastened to offer his services in the field and was commissioned second lieutenant, 25th Connecticut Volunteers, on August 16, 1862.
He was promoted first lieutenant, April 14, 1863, and made aide-de-camp on the staff of Col. Bissell of the 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, XIX Army Corps, July 8 of the same year. He served in the battles of Irish Bend and Vermillion, at the siege of Port Hudson, in the Têche campaign and at Donaldsonville and was mustered out at Hartford, Connecticut, August 26, 1863.
On leaving the army, he spent nearly a year in the study of modern languages, and from 1864 to 1867 was teacher of modern languages and gymnastics in Williston Seminary.
In 1867, at the opening of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, he was elected professor of modern languages and English literature, and during the next twenty years he taught in addition such branches as military tactics, the natural sciences, rhetoric, elocution, and history. He also created the college library and for many years filled the office of librarian.
In 1886, he was chosen to the presidency of the college, a position he filled most acceptably until his death in 1905. He combined with that office the directorship of the Experiment Station, and the editorial supervision of its reports and all its bulletins.
In 1885-86, he represented the district in the General Court. He was always especially interested in the public library and for many years was chairman of its book committee, editing the annual reports and preparing the catalogues.
He died on shipboard, returning from Florida, whither he had gone for the benefit of his health.
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For a quarter of a century, Goodell served as a vestryman of Grace Church and as parish clerk.
Quotations: "Books are the tools of both teacher and pupil. A library is perhaps the most important adjunct of instruction. It is open to all and is used by all. In every department of science throughout the world the keenest intellects are at work, seeking for solutions to the unending series of problems that present themselves in the physical and natural world . 'Light, more light, ' said the dying philosopher, and the longing of the world is but the echo of his last faint cry. To do our duty and to give reply to the many demands made upon us requires all the light and all the experience of other minds, wheresoever they may be found. "
Eminently successful as an administrator, Goodell possessed a natural aptitude for teaching, bringing to his work a well-trained mind and a forcefulness which imparted itself to his students.
He was a miracle of energy, a man of generous instincts, and ever anxious to do his duty wherever duty called him. No one ever appealed to him in vain for aid or advice. His rare tact and skill in dealing with men was well known, and perhaps nowhere better shown than as chairman of the executive committee of the Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, a position in which his influence was felt far beyond his own college.
He was a frequent lecturer, especially before agricultural and horticultural societies. He wrote with facility and rapidity, and extremely well.
On December 10, 1873, Goodell was married to Helen Eloise Stanton, daughter of John Stanton of New Orleans.