Andrew Gordon
Sign in to saveAlso known as Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon, G. A. H. Gordon, G A H Gordon
British naval historian (born 1951)
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- England
- Active from
- 1951-10-02
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There are, at least, two artists known as Andrew Gordon, both Scottish: 1) A songwriter. 2) A folk singer. 1) A Scottish songwriter, based in Portsmouth, UK. Born in a modern-day barn, out of sight & near some small animals - a desperation to learn the ways of the ivories manifested itself, in the mind of the child & in quick succession song-worthy events occurred. Out of those ashes came Andrew Gordon; a boy with no greater faith in life than in love. Love lost, love found & the love of cigare
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Gordon, Dr Andrew | King's College London
Visiting Research Fellow, Defence Studies Department
kcl.ac.uk →He has been an honorary fellow of the Centre for Maritime Historical Studies at Exeter University since 1996, is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and a Councillor of the Navy Records Society. Andrew was in the consultation loop for the revision of British Maritime Doctrine (BR 1806) and Fighting Instructions; and is a member of the occasional 'Corbett Committee' of historians, informally connected with the Naval Staff via the offices of the Head of Defence Studies (RN). He is a regular lecturer to 'Maritime Warfare', and 'COs Design' courses at the Maritime Warfare Centre in HMS Dryad. He has been a recipient of the Westminster Medal for Military Literature, and the Longman, History Today Book of the Year prize. He is also the Royal Australian Navy's visiting 'Synnott' lecturer 2001. He was Class of 1957 Distinguished Chair or Naval Heritage, at US Naval Academy 2007-2009 and Archival Fellow at Churchill College Cambridge, Sep-Dec 2009. He is a former Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Naval Reserve, and has the Reserve Decoration.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Andrew
- Family name
- Gordon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- King's College London
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Military branch
- Royal Navy
- Work location
- Greater London
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- member of
- Royal Historical Society
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- www.usni.org/people/andrew-gordon
- date of birth
- 1951-07-23
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