Person Gore; George (1826 - 1908) Gore George 1826 - 1908 British Male Blackfriars, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England 22 January 1826 Birmingham, Warwickshire 20 or 23 December 1908 Burial: Warstone Lane cemetery, Birmingham, Warwickshire

50 Islington Row, Edgbaston, Birmingham (1862)

Physicist Electrochemistry Career: Errand boy (age 12); apprenticed to a cooper (aged 17); moved to Birmingham (1851); Time Keeper, Soho works; Practitioner in medical galvanism; Chemist to a phosphorus factory; Head, Institute of Scientific Research, Birmingham (1880); Lecturer on Chemistry; wrote 'The art of electrometallurgy' (1877); received Civil List pension of £150 (1891); left £5,000 to the Royal Society and Royal Institution for 'assisting scientific discovery' Son of George Gore, cooper; married (1849) Hannah, daughter of Thomas Owen, Baptist minister (she died 1907) Fellow 01/06/1865 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series A 1910-1911 vol 84 pp xxi-xxii signed by J H P Notes: DNB and DSB give death date as 20 December 1908. F Crace Calvert has signed election certificate twice International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 22 Jan 1826 - 20 or 23 Dec 1908 NA1365 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/47542858 08e7ff55-5995-4d9d-8f64-187610f804ce