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Edgar Gorgas Edgar Gorgas (23 April 1928 – 15 May 2019) was a German boxer. He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly k ...

(1928–2019), German boxer *

Josiah Gorgas Josiah Gorgas (July 1, 1818 – May 15, 1883) was the head of the Confederate States of America Ordance Bureau in the American Civil War, responsible for procuring weapons and ammunition for the Confederate armies; he was a brigadier general at ...

(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, b ...

Amelia Gayle Gorgas Amelia Gayle Gorgas (June 1, 1826 – January 3, 1913) was librarian and postmaster of the University of Alabama for 25 years until her retirement at the age of eighty in 1907. She expanded the library from 6,000 to 20,000 volumes. The primary lib ...

(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 th ...

(1854–1920), United States Army officer and physician known for fighting tropical disease; son of Josiah and Amelia **

Gorgas Hospital Gorgas Hospital was a U.S. Army hospital in Panama City, Panama, named for Army Surgeon General William C. Gorgas (18541920). Built on the site of an earlier (1882) French hospital called L'Hospital Notre Dame de Canal, it was originally (1904) ...

, 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 th ...

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 great ...

** USS ''General W. C. Gorgas'' (ID-1365), a United States Navy troop transport in commission in 1919 ** USAT General W. C. Gorgas (1902), 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 ...

, 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 a ...

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

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