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Gore (given Name)
Gore is a given name. It may refer to: *Gore Browne General Gore Browne (c. 1764 – 12 January 1843) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant-Governor of Plymouth. Military career Browne was commissioned as an ensign in the 35th Regiment of Foot on 5 July 1780. He became commanding offi ... ('1764–1843), British Army officer and politician * Gore Ouseley (1770–1844), British baron, entrepreneur, linguist, and diplomat * Gore Verbinski (born 1964), American film director, screenwriter, producer, and musician * Gore Vidal (1925–2012), American writer, politician, and public intellectual See also Richard Corben (pen-name: ''Gore''; 1940–2020), American illustrator and comic book artist {{given name, Gore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gore Browne
General Gore Browne (c. 1764 – 12 January 1843) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant-Governor of Plymouth. Military career Browne was commissioned as an ensign in the 35th Regiment of Foot on 5 July 1780. He became commanding officer of the 40th Regiment of Foot and commanded it at the Battle of Krabbendam and the Battle of Bergen in September 1799 and the Battle of Alkmaar in October 1799 during the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland. He commanded a brigade at the Battle of Montevideo in February 1807 during the British invasions of the River Plate and also took part in the unsuccessful Walcheren Campaign in Autumn 1809. He became Lieutenant-Governor of Plymouth and General Officer Commanding Western District in December 1812 and later served as colonel of the 44th Regiment of Foot The 44th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment in the British Army, raised in 1741. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot to f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gore Ouseley
Sir Gore Ouseley, 1st Baronet GCH, PC (24 June 1770 – 18 November 1844), was a British entrepreneur, linguist and diplomat. He was born in 1770 and died at Hall Barn Park, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire in 1844. He negotiated an important treaty between Russia and Persia in 1813 which redrew their common borders. Early life Sir Gore Ouseley was born in Limerick in Ireland to Ralph and Elizabeth (born Holland) Ouseley. Gore's father's family was originally from Shropshire. Gore and his brother were tutored at home in the company of brother, William and his cousin, Gideon Ouseley. All three had notable careers. India Whilst serving the British Government and posted in Lucknow he became a friend of the local Nawab Saadat Ali Khannic.in accessed 10 September 2007 and was responsible for building a palace called [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gore Verbinski
Gregor Justin "Gore" Verbinski (born March 16, 1964) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and musician. He is best known for directing '' The Ring'', the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' films, and '' Rango''. He won the Academy Award, the BAFTA, and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film for his work on ''Rango''. Early life Verbinski was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the fourth of five children of Laurette Ann (née McGovern) and Victor Vincent Verbinski, a nuclear physicist.Cinema Odeon – Pirates of the caribbean: dead man's chest . Odeonline.it (1964-03-1). Retrieved on 2011-05-31. His father was of descent. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gore Vidal
Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (; born Eugene Louis Vidal, October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit, erudition, and patrician manner. Vidal was bisexual, and in his novels and essays interrogated the social and cultural sexual norms he perceived as driving American life. Beyond literature, Vidal was heavily involved in politics. He twice sought office—unsuccessfully—as a Democratic Party candidate, first in 1960 to the U.S. House of Representatives (for New York), and later in 1982 to the U.S. Senate (for California). A grandson of a U.S. Senator, Vidal was born into an upper-class political family. As a political commentator and essayist, Vidal's primary focus was the history and society of the United States, especially how a militaristic foreign policy reduced the country to a decadent empire. His political and cultural essays were published in '' The Nation'', the '' New Statesman'', the '' New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
