John Gordon (c. 1710–1778) was a Loyalist British merchant and trader of Scottish origin who lived in South Carolina for many years. He settled in Charles...
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American Olympic curler John Gordon (merchant) (c. 1710–1778), British Loyalist merchant and trader of Scottish origin John Gordon (convict) (died 1845)...
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name Oggy or Oggmonster. Merchant's father also appeared in multiple episodes as an office handyman named Gordon. Merchant also directed a sitcom pilot...
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a stage career. Gordon was credited as the first woman to be seen on colour television sets, as she took part, as a teenager, in John Logie Baird's colour...
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Michael John Gordon (born 7 July 1985) is an Australian composer, record producer, musician, and sound designer, composing music primarily for video games...
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Sir John Watson Gordon PRSA RA (1788 – 1 June 1864) was a Scottish portrait painter and president of the Royal Scottish Academy. Gordon was born John Watson...
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Merchant Taylors' School is an 11–18 boys public day school, founded in 1561 in London. The school has occupied various campuses over its lifetime. From...
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John Darling and Son was an Australian wheat merchant and flour milling company founded in Adelaide, South Australia, for many years the largest in Australia...
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John Souter, a timber merchant. The family moved to Kirkcaldy – then the largest town in Fife, across the Firth of Forth from Edinburgh – when Gordon...
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John Gordon (c. 1655 – 24 August 1730), of Aberdeen, was a Scottish merchant and politician who was councilor and Provost of Aberdeen and sat in the British...
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John Gordon (c.1776 – 16 July 1858) was a Scottish soldier and Tory politician. Gordon was the son of Charles Gordon of Braid and Cluny, Aberdeenshire...
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Major-General Charles George Gordon CB (28 January 1833 – 26 January 1885), also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British...
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1924 until his death four years later. Born in St. John's, the youngest son of a merchant, Gordon received business training with the Bank of Montreal...
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Australia George Gordon (merchant), colonial American landholder George Stanley Gordon (1926–2013), American advertising executive George Gordon, 2nd Earl of...
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a lumber merchant in Sturgeon Falls and was head of several lumber companies. He also served as a director of the Bank of Nova Scotia. Gordon ran unsuccessfully...
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John Gordon Davies (1919–1990) was Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology at the University of Birmingham. He was educated at King's School (Chester), Christ...
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Retrieved June 4, 2018. Stanhope, Kate (November 17, 2015). "John Krasinski, Stephen Merchant Animated Comedy Picked Up to Series at Adult Swim". The Hollywood...
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Gordon Gekko is a composite character in the 1987 film Wall Street and its 2010 sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, both directed by Oliver Stone....
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Matthews and John Gordon, Merchant partners in Dominica. In 1835, following emancipation of the British West Indies, Matthews and Gordon were awarded...
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Vaid – vocals Salim Merchant – piano, keyboards Sunidhi Chauhan – vocals Ravi Shankar – guest appearance Technical personnel John Stewart – engineering...
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estate of John Harrison, a citizen and Merchant Taylor of London, who was born in Great Crosby, and was run under the auspices of the Merchant Taylors'...
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The Merchant of Yonkers is a 1938 play by Thornton Wilder. The Merchant of Yonkers had its origins in an 1835 one-act farce A Day Well Spent by the English...
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educational institution founded in the 18th century by Robert Gordon, an Aberdeen merchant, and various institutions which provided adult and technical...
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The Gordon Riots of 1780 were several days of rioting in London motivated by anti-Catholic sentiment. They began with a large and orderly protest against...
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"Selfridge Dies, Noted Merchant". The Glasgow. 8 May 1947. p. 5-B. Retrieved 21 March 2014. "Pioneer of Modern Stores: Mr. Gordon Selfridge". The Miami...
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The Merchant of Venice. After Hillside, Lewis and Val had won scholarships to Eton and Rugby, respectively; lacking their academic achievement, John failed...
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Sir John Gordon of Lochinvar and Kenmure (died 1604), was a Scottish courtier, landowner, and supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots. He was the son of Sir...
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Bengal Merchant was a sailing ship built of teak in Bengal and launched there on 26 May 1812. Between 1812 and 1829, Bengal Merchant was in private trade...
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The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA or Kings Point) is a United States service academy in Kings Point, New York. It trains its midshipmen...
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Rothschild (later known as L.F. Rothschild, Unterberg, Towbin) was a merchant and investment banking firm based in the United States and founded in 1899...
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