GOSZCZYNSKI, feosh-chnn'ske, SEIVERYN (1803-76). A Polish poet, born in the Govern ment of Kiev, Russia. He was educated at War saw, and was one of the foremost leaders of the Revolution of 1830. He was one of the band of fugitives who subsequently assembled in Paris, and they exercised a very powerful influence upon him. His works are lyrical in character, and many of them are devoted to a description of life in the Carpathians and in the Ukraine. Most of them are characterized by a vein of sadness due, probably, to the political conditions which have weighed so heavily upon the patriotic poets authors of Poland. His principal poetic produc tions include: Zamek Kaniowski (translated into, German and French) ; Krol Zamezyska (1847); Oda-I'owiek z ezagow Poleslawa Chrobrego (1852) ; and Poslanie de Polski (1869). He also prepared an excellent translation of Ossian.
GOT, g6, FRANgots EDMOND (1822-1901). An actor of the Comedie Francaise, where he made his appearance in 1844. He was born at Ligne rolles (Orne), and educated at the Lycee Char lemagne. After a short time spent as a Govern
ment clerk he entered the Conservatoire in 1841, where in the two following years he carried off successively the second and first prizes. He was elected a member of the company at the Theatre Francais six years after his debut, while he speedily rose to the first rank as a comic actor. His subsequent career was spent chiefly at the 'House of Moliere,' but in 1866 by special arrangement he played in Emile Augier's Contagion at the Odeon, and afterwards 'starred' in this piece in various provincial cities. One of his most popular creations was Giboyer in Les effrontes, and Le fits de Giboyer, a part to which he devoted himself for two years. M. Got was the author of the libretto of Francois Dillon, which was rendered at the Opera in 1857, and of L'Eselave (1874). His golden jubilee at the Theatre Francais was celebrated in 1894, and he made his farewell appearance in 1895. He died in Passy.