Background
Goodrich, Joseph King was born on January 13, 1850 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William and Sarah Ann (Bearden) Goodrich.
Goodrich, Joseph King was born on January 13, 1850 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William and Sarah Ann (Bearden) Goodrich.
Educated Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, Connecticut. Delaware Literature Institute, Franklin, New New York
Organized department of ethnology, United States National Museum, Washington, 1881-1884. Assistant editor Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1886. Professor of English, Imperial Government College, Osaka, and later Kyoto, Japan, 1886-1910.
Married Jennie Turner Sponsler, October 25, 1897.