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Gordon Riots. Troops of the Honourable Artillery Company firing on rioters 



looting a house in Broad Street, City, June 7, 1780. Surgeon Sir William 



Blizard is seen tending wounded in the foreground 



From a picture by F. Whealley 



suppressed, and the leaders brought 

 to trial. Twenty-one were exe- 

 cuted, but Gordon was acquitted. 

 In Barnaby Rudge Dickens gives 

 a vivid picture of these riots. 



Gore. Prov. of S.W. Abyssinia. 

 Bounded on the W. by the Anglo- 

 Egyptian Sudan, it is mountainous, 

 and is inhabited by Gallas. Gore, 

 the capital, is a town of 3,500 

 inhabitants. 



Gore, ARTHUR WENT WORTH (b. 

 1868). English lawn-tennis player. 

 Born at Lyndhurst, Hants, Jan. 2, 

 1868, he was captain of the first 

 international team, England v. 

 America, 1900, and played in In- 

 ternationals, 1906, 1907, 1912, and 

 1913. He was champion of Eng- 

 land, 1901, 1908, and 1909 (also 

 Doubles with H. R. Barrett), and 

 champion of Scotland in 1892. 



Gore, CHARLES (b. 1853). Brit- 

 ish prelate. Bom Jan. 22, 1853, he 

 was a son of Hon. C. A. Gore and a 

 nephew of the 

 4th earl of 

 Arran. Edu- 

 cated at Har- 

 row and Balliol 

 College, x - 

 ford, he was 

 elected fellow 

 of Trinity Col- 

 lege, and was 

 ordained. In 

 1880 he went 

 to Cuddesdon 

 as vice-principal of the college there' 

 becoming in 1884 first head of 

 Pusey House, Oxford. 



For nine years he was an in- 

 fluential figure in Oxford, his main 

 work being to permeate the High 

 Church movement with the results 

 of modern Biblical criticism. This 

 led to certain difficulties and con- 

 troversies, especially after the 

 publication of Lux Mundi, 1890. 



Charles Gore, 

 British prelate 



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In 1893 he left Oxford to become 

 vicar of Radley, and in 1894 he 

 was made canon of Westminster. 

 In 1902 Gore was chosen bishop of 

 Worcester, where he worked hard 

 to found the new diocese of Bir- 

 mingham, of which in 1905 he 

 became the first bishop. In 1911 

 he was translated to Oxford, 

 where he remained until his re- 

 signation in 1919. 



He founded the Community of 

 the Resurrection at Mirfield ; and 

 wrote numerous theological and 

 expository works on which rests 

 his high reputation as a theologian. 

 An able preacher, he was also dis- 

 tinguished for his active sympathy 

 with socialistic and humanitarian 

 ideas and movements. 



Gore, GEORGE (1826-1908). Bri- 

 tish physicist. Born at Bristol, 

 Jan. 22, 1826, at an early age he 

 became interested in electro-metal- 

 lurgy and electro-chemistry. Elec- 

 ted F.R.S. in 1865, his discoveries 

 established his reputation. His 

 principal works are The Art of 

 Scientific Discovery, 1878; The 

 Scientific Basis of Morality, 1882 ; 

 and The Art of Electro-Metallurgy, 

 1877. He died Dec. 23, 1908. 



Goree. Small island off the 

 French colony of Senegal. It is 

 situated S.E. of Cape Verde, and 

 forms one of the four communes 

 which send a representative to the 

 French parliament. It has a forti- 

 fied harbour and exports wax, gold- 

 dust, and ivory. Pop. 1,140, of 

 whom 45 are Europeans. 



Gorell, JOHN GORELL BARNES, 

 IST BARON (1848-1913). British 

 lawyer. Born May 16, 1848, he 

 was educated at Cambridge, and 

 was called to the bar in 1876. He 

 was made a Q.C. in 1888, and be- 

 came one of the foremost advocates 

 of his time. He was raised to the 



bench in 1892 as judge of the pro- 

 bate, divorce, and admiralty divi- 

 sion, becoming president of that 

 court in 1905, 

 and retiring in 

 1908. He died 

 April 22, 1913. 

 He was suc- 

 ceeded by his 

 elder son, 

 Henry, who 

 was killed in 

 action in the 

 Great War, 1st Baron Gorell, 



1917. His British lawyer 

 second son, EIHOH& Fry 

 Ronald Gorell Barnes (b. 1884), 

 3rd baron, also served in the Great 

 War, being capt. and adjutant of 

 7th batt. of the Rifle Brigade, 

 1916, maj.-gen. on the staff, 1918, 

 and deputy-director of staff duties 

 (Education) at War Office, Aug., 



1918. See John Gorell Barnes, 

 First Lord Gorell, J. E. G. de 

 Montmorency, 1920. 



Gorgas, WILLIAM CRAWFORD 

 (1854-1920). American surgeon. 

 Born Oct. 3, 1854, he studied 

 medicine, and 

 in 1880 was 

 appointed an 

 army surgeon. 

 Rising to the 

 rank of major- 

 surgeon in 

 1893, he was 

 sent as chief 

 medical offi- 

 cer t o H a- 

 vana. Here he 

 completely 

 stamped out the yellow fever, 

 and when chief sanitary officer 

 for the Panama CanaL 1904-13, 

 saved thousands of lives in the 

 unhealthy districts. In recognition 

 of this he was promoted surgeon- 

 general in 1914. On the entry 

 of the U.S.A. into the Great War 

 he organized the army medical ser-' 

 vice, and visited France in 1918. 

 He died in London, July 4, 1920. 



Gorge. Narrow valley of 

 greater depth than width, usually 

 with steep sides. Formed by the 

 cutting power of running water, 

 it marks the course where a 

 stream is or has been. The most 

 perfect example is the Grand 

 , Canon of Colorado river, 6,000 ft. 

 in its deepest part, with sides 

 nearly perpendicular, their steep- 

 ness being due to absence of rain- 

 fall. In England gorges are found 

 in carboniferous limestone, e.g. on 

 the Avon at Clifton. See Canon ; 

 Colorado. 



Gorge (late Lat. gorga, gullet, 

 narrow pass ). Military term used to 

 indicate that face of a fortification 

 or entrenched work which is least 

 prepared to withstand a frontal 

 attack or fire. See Fortification. 



William C. Gorgas, 

 American surgeon 



