Search results
Major-General Charles George Gordon CB (28 January 1833 – 26 January 1885), also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British Army officer and administrator. He saw action in the Crimean War as an officer in the British Army.
Biography. Charles George Gordon CB was born on 28 January 1833 in London to Major General Henry William Gordon (1786–1865) and Elizabeth Gordon (1792–1873). The Gordon family had a long history of serving as officers in the British Army and strongly encouraged Charles to following this tradition.
Charles George Gordon (born Jan. 28, 1833, Woolwich, near London, Eng.—died Jan. 26, 1885, Khartoum, Sudan) was a British general who became a national hero for his exploits in China and his ill-fated defense of Khartoum against the Mahdists.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Feb 12, 2014 · General Charles George Gordon, also known as Chinese Gordon heroic defender of Khartoum.
Major-General Charles George Gordon CB (28 January 1833 – 26 January 1885), also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British Army officer and administrator. He saw action in the Crimean War as an officer in the British Army.
Aug 27, 2022 · Charles George Gordon, who was born in 1833 and died at Khartoum, Sudan, in 1885, is an enduring figure in British imperial history. 1 In my interpretation of the sculpture of Gordon at St Paul’s Cathedral, made by J. E. Boehm after 1887 , I engage decolonial strategies of seeing and meaning-making. This includes centring the reverse gazes of ...
People also ask
Who was Charles George Gordon CBRE?
Who was Major General Gordon & what did he do?
Who was Charles George Gordon?
How did Gordon become a colonel?
British general and colonial administrator. He went to China in 1860 while serving with the Royal Engineers, and became known as ‘Chinese Gordon’ after crushing the Taiping Rebellion (1863–64).
