Thwaites
REUBEN GOLD, an American historian; born in Dorchester, Mass., May 15, 1853. After a high school training he pursued by self instruction a collegiate course and took the postgraduate studies at Yale University in 1874-1875; was managing editor of the "Wisconsin State Journal," Madison, in 1876-1886. In the latter year he became secretary of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. His publications include "Historic Waterways" (1888); "The Story of Wisconsin" (1890); "The Colonies 1492-1750" (1891); "Stories of the Badger State" (1900). He also edited "The Wisconsin Historical Collections" (vols. ix-xv, 1888-1900); "Chronicles of Border Warfare" (1895); "History of the University of Wisconsin" (1900); and "The Jesuit Relations" (73 vols., 1896-1901); "School History of the United States" (1912); etc. He died in 1913.