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George Byron Gordon
George Byron Gordon (1870–1927) was a Canadian-American archaeologist, who graduated from Harvard University in 1894. While studying at Harvard, he participated in excavations at Copan in Honduras under the direction of John G. Owens in 1891. Following Owens’ death in the field, Gordon took command of the Copan expeditions from 1894 to 1895 and in 1900–1901. After his time in Honduras, George Byron Gordon was hired by the University of Pennsylvania where he led two expeditions to Alaska in 1905 and 1907. He spent the remainder of his twenty-four year employment at the University of Pennsylvania collecting antiquities for the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’s North American collections, and he remains one of the museum's largest contributors of North American artifacts. Background George Byron Gordon was born on August 4, 1870 in New Perth, Prince Edward Island, Canada to James Gordon and Jane MacLaren Gordon. In 1888, George B. Gor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Gordon (other)
George Gordon may refer to: By career Military *George Henry Gordon (1823–1886), U.S. Army general * George Gordon (Civil War general) (1836–1911), Civil War General, Ku Klux Klan leader and U.S. Representative from Tennessee * George Grant Gordon (1836–1912), British Army officer and courtier Political figures * George Gordon of Tulloch, commissioner for Aberdeen (Parliament of Scotland constituency) *Sir George Gordon (died 1690), commissioner for Banffshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency) * George Gordon (died 1691), burgh commissioner for Dornoch (Parliament of Scotland constituency) *Lord George Gordon (1751–1793), British politician * George Newcombe Gordon (1879–1949), Canadian Member of Parliament and cabinet minister * George Gordon (Ontario politician) (1888–1971), Member of Provincial Parliament * George Gordon (Canadian politician) (1865–1942), senator from Ontario *George William Gordon (1820–1865), Jamaican politician * George A. Gordon (1885â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |