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Single Person record details
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Person Code
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NA16037
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Forenames
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Thomas
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Surname
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Gordon
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Dates
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1714-1797
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Epithet
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professor of Greek, King's College, Aberdeen
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Thomas Gordon was born in 1714, the son of George Gordon, professor of Hebrew at King?s College, Aberdeen, from 1693 to 1730. Thomas Gordon graduated MA there in 1731 and held various university appointments from 1734 until his death in 1797, as Humanist, Regent, and finally Professor of Greek. He was the grandson of George Gordon, Principal of the College in 1684. His great-uncle Patrick Gordon was Professor of Hebrew from 1674 to 1693. Thomas Gordon was also the grandfather (by his eldest child, Elizabeth) of Robert Eden Scott, who held a number of posts at King?s College.His collections of manuscripts relating to staff and students formed a valuable source of information for the compilation of the works on the history of the universities of Aberdeen and their alumni edited by P. J. Anderson (c 1850-1926).
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Associated records
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GB231/MS 988 | Thomas Gordon: Gordon family history papers; J. Ferrerio: Historiae compendium de origine Gordoniae familiae | Late 18th century | GB231/MS 3420 | Thomas Gordon: 'Supplement to the critical part of the prelections' | 1794 | GB231/MS K.223 | Thomas Gordon: notes on King's College | 18th century | GB231/MS K.34 - 35 | Thomas Gordon: historical papers | c1790 |
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