LC control no. | n 50035236 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Gordon, Charles George, 1833-1885 |
Variant(s) | Chinese Gordon, 1833-1885 Ghūrdūn Bāshā, 1833-1885 Gordon, C. G. (Charles George), 1833-1885 Gordon, Chinese, 1833-1885 Gordon, General (Charles George), 1833-1885 Gordon Pascià, 1833-1885 Gordon Pasha, 1833-1885 |
Associated country | England China |
Birth date | 1833-01-28 |
Death date | 1885-01-26 |
Place of birth | Woolwich (London, England) |
Place of death | Khartoum (Sudan) |
Field of activity | Great Britain--History, Military--19th century |
Profession or occupation | Generals Military governors |
Found in | Elton, G. E. General Gordon, 1954. MacGregor-Hastie, R. Never to be taken alive, 1986: CIP t.p. (General Gordon) pub. info. (Charles George Gordon, gov. of the Sudan; d. 1885) Service in commemoration of General Gordon and of the officers and men who have fallen in the Soudan, 1885. Uomini d'Africa, 1935: t.p. (Gordon Pascià) Britannica academic edition (online), viewed Sep. 4, 2014 (Charles George Gordon, byname Chinese Gordon; b. Jan. 28, 1833, Woolwich, near London, Eng.; d. Jan. 26, 1885, Khartoum, Sudan; British general who became a national hero for his exploits in China and his ill-fated defense of Khartoum against the Mahdists; as governor of the province of Equatoria, Sudan, 1874-1876, he mapped the upper Nile River and established a line of stations along the river as far south as present-day Uganda) |
Associated language | eng |