Gorgas may refer to * Edgar Gorgas (1928–2019), German boxer * Josiah Gorgas (1818–1883), Confederate General and later President of the University of Alabama **

Gorgas machine gun The Gorgas machine gun (or sometimes just a Gorgas gun) was a manually cranked prototype machine gun, the creation of Confederate States General Josiah Gorgas. It had a single smooth-bore barrel. The barrel was fed from a revolver-like ring, but ...

* Amelia Gayle Gorgas (1826–1913), librarian and postmistress of the University of Alabama; wife of Josiah *

William C. Gorgas William Crawford Gorgas KCMG (October 3, 1854 – July 3, 1920) was a United States Army physician and 22nd Surgeon General of the U.S. Army (1914–1918). He is best known for his work in Florida, Havana and at the Panama Canal in abating the ...

(1854–1920), United States Army officer and physician known for fighting tropical disease; son of Josiah and Amelia ** Gorgas Hospital, a hospital in Panama named after William C. Gorgas **

Gorgas Medal The Gorgas Medal was originally established as an annual award in 1915 by the Medical Reserve Corps Association of New York in honor of Surgeon General William C. Gorgas, U.S. Army. The award was based on a writing competition open to members of ...

Gorgas Science Foundation The Gorgas Science Foundation is a nonprofit foundation based in South Texas established to support conservation and education. The mission of Gorgas Science Foundation is to provide the highest quality educational opportunities, to foster grea ...

** USS ''General W. C. Gorgas'' (ID-1365), a United States Navy troop transport in commission in 1919 **

USAT General W. C. Gorgas (1902) USS ''General W. C. Gorgas'' (ID-1365) was a cargo liner that was launched in Germany in 1902 as for the Hamburg America Line. In 1917 the USA seized her and renamed her ''General W. C. Gorgas''. In 1945 she was transferred to the Soviet Union, ...

, a United States Army Transport in service from 1941 to 1945 **

Gorgas, Alabama Gorgas is a settlement in Walker and Tuscaloosa counties, Alabama, United States. It is named, via a former school in the area, after William Crawford Gorgas. Geography Gorgas is located in northern Tuscaloosa and Walker counties. The boundaries o ...

, a settlement in the United States **

Gorgas–Manly Historic District The Gorgas–Manly Historic District is a historic district (United States), historic district that includes and eight buildings on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The buildings represent the university campus as ...

on the campus of the University of Alabama, U.S.

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