Benjamin Gorham
Benjamin Gorham (February 13, 1775 – September 27, 1855) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
He was the son of Nathaniel Gorham, who served as one of the Presidents of the Continental Congress. Benjamin was born in Charlestown in ...
(1775–1845), American politician
* Christopher Gorham (born 1974), American actor
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Claire Gorham
Claire Gorham (born 1967), sometimes credited as Clare Gorham, is an English journalist and television presenter. She is best known for presenting '' The Girlie Show'' in the 1990s.
She is a transracial adoptee, born to a Swiss mother and a Nige ...
(born c. 1966), English journalist and television presenter
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Eville Gorham
Eville Gorham (October 15, 1925 — January 14, 2020) was a Canadian-American scientist whose focus has been understanding the chemistry of fresh waters and the ecology and biogeochemistry of peatlands. In the process, Gorham made a number of pr ...
(1925–2020), Canadian-American scientist
* Frederic Poole Gorham (1871–1933), American bacteriologist
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Geoffrey de Gorham
Geoffrey de Gorham (Goreham, Gorron), sometimes called Geoffrey of Dunstable or of Le Mans (died at St Albans, 26 February 1146), was a Norman scholar who became Abbot of St Albans Abbey, 1119 to 1146.fl. 1119–46), Norman English abbot and scholar
* George Congdon Gorham (1832–1909), American politician and newspaper editor
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George Cornelius Gorham
George Cornelius Gorham (1787–1857) was a vicar in the Church of England. His legal recourse to being denied a certain post, subsequently taken to a secular court, caused great controversy.
Early life
George Cornelius Gorham was born on 21 Aug ...
(1787–1857), English cleric
* Graeme Gorham (born 1987), Canadian ski jumper
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Henry Stephen Gorham
Henry Stephen Gorham FRES(1839–1920) was an English entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.
He was a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society from 1885, a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London from 1881; and a Member of the Societé ...
John Gorham (military officer)
John Gorham (Goreham, Gorum) (12 December 1709-December 1751) was a New England Ranger and was the first significant British military presence on the frontier of Nova Scotia and Acadia to remain in the region for a substantial period after the Co ...
(1709–1751), New England soldier, founder of
Gorham's Rangers
Gorham's Rangers was one of the most famous and effective ranger units raised in colonial North America. Formed by John Gorham, the unit served as the prototype for many subsequent ranger forces, including the better known Rogers' Rangers. The ...
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John Gorham (physician)
John Gorham (24 February 1783, Boston, Massachusetts - 29 March 1829, Boston) was an American physician and educator.
Biography
He graduated from Harvard in 1801, with a B.A., and later received two medical degrees there ( M.B., 1804, after serv ...
(1783–1829), Harvard Medical School's first professor of chemistry and pharmacology
* John Gorham Palfrey (1796–1881), American clergyman and historian
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Joseph Goreham
Joseph Gorham (sometimes recorded as Goreham, 1725–1790) was an American colonial military officer during King George's War and later a British army commander during the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War. He is best know ...
(1725–1790), British soldier, commander at the Battle of Fort Cumberland
* Justin Gorham (born 1998), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Kathleen Gorham (1928–1983), Australian ballerina
*Kaye Goreham (fl. 1972), Australian flight attendant aboard hijacked
Ansett Airlines Flight 232
Ansett Australia Flight 232, on Wednesday, 15 November 1972, was a flight from Adelaide, South Australia aboard a Fokker Friendship bound for Alice Springs, Northern Territory. It was Australia's second aircraft hijacking (after the first in 1 ...
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Maurice Gorham
Maurice Anthony Coneys Gorham (1902 – 9 August 1975) was an Irish journalist and broadcasting executive. After being educated in England at Stonyhurst College, Lancashire and later Balliol College, Oxford, he began working as a journalist on the ...
(1902–1975), Irish journalist and broadcasting executive
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Mel Gorham
Mel Gorham (born Marilyn Schnier, October 27, 1959) is an American actress who is best known for her role as Violet in Wayne Wang's films ''Smoke'' and ''Blue in the Face''. Gorham is from Miami, Florida, and is of Cuban and Jewish descent.
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(born 1959), American actress
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Nathaniel Gorham
Nathaniel Gorham (May 27, 1738 – June 11, 1796; sometimes spelled ''Nathanial'') was an American Founding Father, merchant, and politician from Massachusetts. He was a delegate from the Bay Colony to the Continental Congress and for six months ...
(1738–1796), American politician
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Richard Gorham
Colonel Sir Richard Masters Gorham KB, CBE, DFC, JP (3 October 1917 – 8 July 2006) was a prominent Bermudian parliamentarian, businessman and philanthropist, who served as a pilot during the Second World War when he played a decisiv ...
(1917–2006), Bermudian soldier, aviator, businessman, and philanthropist
*Robert Gorham, aka
Rob da Bank
Robert John Gorham (born 24 June 1973 in Portsmouth, Hampshire), known by the pseudonym Rob da Bank, is an English DJ and co-founder of music festivals Bestival, originally on the Isle of Wight and now moved to Lulworth, Dorset and Camp Bestiv ...
(born 1973), British disc jockey
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Sarah Gorham
Sarah Gorham (born March 30, 1954) is an American poet, essayist, and publisher residing in Prospect, Kentucky.
Background
Gorham was educated at the Ecole D'Humanité, an international boarding school in Switzerland and received her MFA from t ...
(born 1954), American poet
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Scott Gorham
William Scott Gorham (born March 17, 1951) is an American guitarist and songwriter who is one of the "twin lead guitarists" for the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy. Although not a founding member of Thin Lizzy, he served a continuous membership afte ...
(born 1951), American guitarist and songwriter
Places
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Gorham, Illinois
Gorham is a village in Jackson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 236 at the 2010 census. It is known locally for its near-annihilation during the deadly Tri-State Tornado of 1925.
Geography
Gorham is located at (37.716897, -89 ...
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Gorham, Kansas
Gorham is a city in Russell County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 376.
History
Beaten to the settlement of Wilson, Kansas by Bohemian colonists, Pennsylvania Dutch settlers from Philadelphia and ...
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Gorham, Maine
Gorham is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 18,336 at the 2020 United States Census. In addition to its urban village center known as Gorham Village or simply "the Village," the town encompasses a number of ...
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Gorham (CDP), Maine
Gorham is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Gorham, in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 6,882 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Portland– South Portland– Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical ...
Gorham, New Hampshire
Gorham is a town in Coös County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,698 at the 2020 census. Gorham is located in the White Mountains, and parts of the White Mountain National Forest are in the south and northwest. Moose Brook St ...
Gorham, New York
Gorham is a town in Ontario County, New York, United States. The population was 4,130 at the 2020 census. The town is named after Nathaniel Gorham.
The Town of Gorham is at the southern border of the county, southeast of Canandaigua.
History
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Gorham's Cave
Gorham's Cave ( es, Cueva de Gorham, ) is a sea-level cave in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. Though not a sea cave, it is often mistaken for one. Considered to be one of the last known habitations of the Neanderthals in Europe, th ...
, sea cave and prehistoric settlement site in Gibraltar
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Phelps and Gorham Purchase
The Phelps and Gorham Purchase was the purchase in 1788 of of land in what is now western New York State from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for $1,000,000 ( £300,000), to be paid in three annual installments, and the pre-emptive right to th ...
, a 1788 land deal in what is now western New York state
Other uses
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Gorham (horse) Gorham or Goreham may refer to:
People
*Arthur F. Gorham (1915–1943), American soldier
*Benjamin Gorham (1775–1845), American politician
*Christopher Gorham (born 1974), American actor
*Claire Gorham (born c. 1966), English journalist a ...
, an Australian thoroughbred horse, winner of the 1981 Expressway Stakes
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Gorham Manufacturing Company
The Gorham Manufacturing Company is one of the largest United States of America, American manufacturers of Sterling silver, sterling and silverplate and a foundry for bronze sculpture.
History
Gorham Silver was founded in Providence, Rhode Isl ...
, an American silver manufacturing and bronze foundry company
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Gorham's disease
Gorham's disease (pronounced GOR-amz), also known as Gorham vanishing bone disease and phantom bone disease, is a very rare skeletal condition of unknown cause, characterized by the uncontrolled proliferation of distended, thin-walled vascular ...
, a congenital disorder characterized by massive bone loss
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