| LC control no. | n 92094343 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | MacGregor, Gregor, 1786-1845 |
| Variant(s) | Mac Gregor, Gregorio, 1786-1845 MacGregor, Gregor, Sir, 1786-1845 McGregor, G. (Gregor), 1786-1845 M'Gregor, Gregor, 1786-1845 |
| Associated country | Scotland Venezuela Colombia |
| Birth date | 1786-12-24 |
| Death date | 1845-12-04 |
| Place of birth | Stirlingshire (Scotland) |
| Place of death | Caracas (Venezuela) |
| Field of activity | Military art and science Land speculation Fraud |
| Profession or occupation | Armies--Officers |
| Found in | Arends, T. Sir Gregor Mac Gregor, 1991: p. 183 (b. 12-24-1786, Edinburgh, Scotland) p. 189 (d. 12-03-1845) 6th plate (Gregorio Mac Gregor) 11th plate (Gregor M'Gregor) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: MacGregor, Sir Gregor, 1786-1845) DNB (Macgregor, Sir Gregor; fl. 1817; South American adventurer, soldier; prob. died in Caracas) Map of Honduras and San Salvador, 1858: map recto (G. McGregor) Wikipedia, viewed 23 Feb. 2015 (Gregor MacGregor (24 December 1786-4 December 1845) was a Scottish soldier, adventurer, land speculator, and colonizer who fought in the South American struggle for independence) Wikipedia, July 13, 2023 (Gregor MacGregor; b. Dec. 24, 1786 in Stirlingshire, Scotland; d. Dec. 4, 1845 in Caracas; Scottish soldier, adventurer, and confidence trickster who attempted from 1821 to 1837 to draw British and French investors and settlers to "Poyais," a fictional Central American territory that he claimed to rule as "cazique"; his Poyais scheme has been called one of the most brazen confidence tricks in history) |
| Associated language | eng |
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