Charles George Gordon

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British Army officer human imperial administrator

Charles George Gordon was a 19th-century British Army officer and imperial administrator famed for his roles in the Taiping Rebellion and his death during the defense of Khartoum in Sudan.

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Label Occurrences
Charles George Gordon canonical 12
General Charles George Gordon 2
Charles Gordon 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
imperial administrator ⓘ
awardReceived Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ
Order of the Bath ⓘ
causeOfDeath battle-related injury ⓘ
beheading ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1833-01-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1885-01-26 ⓘ
educatedAt Royal Military Academy, Woolwich ⓘ
employer British Army ⓘ
familyName Gordon ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
hasOccupation colonial administrator ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
mannerOfDeath killed in action ⓘ
middleName George ⓘ
militaryRank Major-General ⓘ
movement British imperialism ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
nickname Chinese Gordon ⓘ
Charles George Gordon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gordon of Khartoum
notableFor defense of Khartoum against Mahdist forces ⓘ
role in the Taiping Rebellion ⓘ
service in Africa ⓘ
service in China ⓘ
notableWork Siege of Khartoum ⓘ
surface form: defense of Khartoum

governorship of Equatoria ⓘ
governorship of Sudanese provinces ⓘ
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: suppression of the Taiping Rebellion
participantIn Crimean War ⓘ
Opium Wars ⓘ
surface form: Second Opium War

Siege of Khartoum ⓘ
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Taiping Rebellion
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Woolwich ⓘ
placeOfDeath Khartoum ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
positionHeld Commander of the Ever Victorious Army ⓘ
Governor of Equatoria ⓘ
Wāli of Sudan ⓘ
surface form: Governor-General of the Sudan
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
serviceBranch British Army ⓘ
Royal Engineers ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of Khartoum → commander → Charles George Gordon ⓘ
Mahdist War → commander → Charles George Gordon ⓘ
Mahdist War → notableFigure → Charles George Gordon ⓘ
Order of the Medjidie → notableRecipient → Charles George Gordon ⓘ
General Gordon Square → namedAfter → Charles George Gordon ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Charles George Gordon
Eminent Victorians → subjectOfBiography → Charles George Gordon ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Charles George Gordon
Charles George Gordon → nickname → Charles George Gordon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gordon of Khartoum
Gordon Relief Expedition → namedAfter → Charles George Gordon ⓘ
Gordon Relief Expedition → notableFigure → Charles George Gordon ⓘ
film "Khartoum" (1966) → mainCharacter → Charles George Gordon ⓘ
subject surface form: Khartoum (1966 film)
film "Khartoum" (1966) → portrays → Charles George Gordon ⓘ
subject surface form: Khartoum (1966 film)
Battle of Abu Klea → objective → Charles George Gordon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Relief of General Charles Gordon
Battle of Abu Klea → associatedWith → Charles George Gordon ⓘ
Gordon Memorial College → namedAfter → Charles George Gordon ⓘ
al-Mahdi → opponentInKhartoum → Charles George Gordon ⓘ
Turco-Egyptian Sudan → notableGovernor → Charles George Gordon ⓘ
Garden Tomb → popularizedBy → Charles George Gordon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charles Gordon