GORDON, George in Cuffurach, Benedictine Monk

   Another name for George was GORDON, Andrew, Rev.²

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  General Notes:

"Gordon, Rev. Andrew, Benedictine monk, Erfurt.

Formerly George; born at Cuffurach, Banffshire, June 15, 1712; educated at Ratisbon; monk in the Scots Benedictine monastery there; studied law at Salzburg ; professor of philosophy at Erfurt University, 1737. He was the first electrician to use a cylinder instead of a globe; and he gained a European reputation, Goethe calling him "ein sehr fleissiger Mann ". He died Aug. 22, 1751."

from Bibliography of the Gordons ²