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Gambier Bolton Robert Gambier Bolton (24 August 1854 – 29 July 1928) was an English author and photographer of subjects on natural history and psychical phenomena. Bolton made numerous photographs of animals during his travels to many countries, including one ...

(1854–1928), English photographer

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Edward John Gambier Sir Edward John Gambier (1794–1879) was a colonial jurist and law officer, who served as a judge in British India, Chief Justice of Madras and Recorder of Penang, Singapore, Malacca. Gambier, the third son of Sir Samuel Gambier, first commis ...

(1794–1879), British colonial judge * Gloucester Gambier (1812–1872), English first-class cricketer and British Army officer *

James Gambier (Royal Navy officer) Vice-Admiral James Gambier (1723–1789) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, North American Station. The historian David Syrett presented a study of Gambier, which presented him as corrupt and largely disliked by his ...

(1723–1789), British vice-admiral *

James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy), Admiral of the Fleet James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier, (13 October 1756 – 19 April 1833) was a Royal Navy officer. After seeing action at the capture of Charleston, South Carolina, Charleston during the Ameri ...

(1756–1833), British admiral also known as Lord Gambier *

Maurice Gambier d'Hurigny Maurice Gambier d'Hurigny (1912–2000) was a French sculptor. He graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts. He won the Prix de Rome in Sculpture for ''La jeune Eve apparaît à l'aurore première'' in 1942. He also designed public sculptures, lik ...

(1912– - 2000), French sculptor

Places

Gambier Islands (South Australia) The Gambier Islands are a small group of islands lying between the southern tips of the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas at the entrance to Spencer Gulf in South Australia. The islands lie within the 120 km2 Gambier Islands Group Marine Park. ...

, Australia *

Gambier Island Gambier Island is an island located in Howe Sound near Vancouver, British Columbia. It is about in size and is located about north of the Horseshoe Bay community and ferry terminal in westernmost West Vancouver. A rugged and sparsely populate ...

, British Columbia, Canada *

Gambier Islands The Gambier Islands ( or ) are an archipelago in French Polynesia, located at the southeast terminus of the Tuamotu archipelago. They cover an area of , and are made up of the Mangareva Islands, a group of high islands remnants of a caldera alo ...

, French Polynesia *

Gambier (commune) Gambier is a commune of French Polynesia in the administrative subdivision of the Tuamotu-Gambier Islands. The commune includes the Gambier Islands as well as several atolls in the Tuamotu Archipelago (the Acteon Group and the isolated atolls ...

, French Polynesia *

Gambier, Ohio Gambier is a village in Knox County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,391 at the 2010 census. Gambier is the home of Kenyon College. A major feature is a gravel path running the length of the village, referred to as "Middle Path". This ...

, United States

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Uncaria gambir ''Uncaria gambir'', the gambier or gambir, is a species of plant in the genus ''Uncaria'' found in Southeast Asia, mainly Malaysia and Indonesia. Extract Gambier extract is used or has been used as a catechu for chewing with areca and betel, ...

'', a species of tropical shrub *

Gambier (extract) Gambier or gambir is an extract derived from the leaves of ''Uncaria gambir'', a climbing shrub native to tropical Southeast Asia. Gambier is produced in Indonesia and Malaysia where it was an important trade item into the late nineteenth century. ...

, made from ''Uncaria gambir''

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