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Robert Gordon's intention was to found “an Hospital for the maintenance, aliment, entertainment and education of young boys, whose parents are poor and indigent and not able to maintain them at schools and put them to trades and employment”, in other words, to give poor boys of Aberdeen a solid education and foundation for life.
Schools portal This category is for people educated at Robert Gordon's College , a private school in Aberdeen , Scotland . Pages in category "People educated at Robert Gordon's College"
Gordon grew up in Bethesda, Maryland, United States, the son of Arlene and Samuel Gordon, an administrative law judge. [1] His family was Jewish. [2] At the age of nine, he was greatly inspired by the Elvis Presley song "Heartbreak Hotel" playing on radio and decided to pursue a career as a rock and roll musician at that young age. [3]
Robert Gordon University, commonly called RGU (Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Raibeart Ghòrdain), is a public university in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland.It became a university in 1992, and originated from an educational institution founded in the 18th century by Robert Gordon, an Aberdeen merchant, and various institutions which provided adult and technical education in the 19th and early 20th ...
Robert Gordon was born in Aberdeen.He was the only son of Arthur Gordon (1625-1680) who married Isabella Menzies of Balgownie. [3] He was baptised in 1688. [3] When Arthur Gordon, a well-respected advocate in the Edinburgh courts, died in 1680, he left his twelve-year-old son the sum of 20,000 merks (about £1,100, equivalent to £224,931 in 2023).
Robert Gordon (philanthropist) (1668–1731), Scottish trader and philanthropist Robert Jacob Gordon (1743–1795), Dutch explorer of South Africa Robert Gordon (minister) (1786–1853), Free Church of Scotland minister
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Robert Gordon (August 21, 1913 in Pittsburgh – December 1, 1990 in Los Angeles) was an American director and actor. [1] His acting career, in which he was usually credited as Bobby Gordon , began in 1923 while he was a child, and continued through 1939.