Claude-Henri Gorceix 1842–1919 Source: Wikimedia Commons About Claude-Henri Gorceix French mineralogist; first Director of the School of Mines at Ouro Preto, Brazil People from the Same Era Augustus J. Ricks 1843–1906 judge, lawyer Brookfield Township Benjamin A. Willis 1840–1886 lawyer, politician New York City Noël Blache 1842–1920 lawyer, official, politician, writer Toulon Gustavus Franklin Swift 1839–1903 businessperson, entrepreneur Sagamore John Charles Bickford b. 1836 politician John Charles Perry b. 1839 politician