Gorham
Encyclopedia
Gorham or Goreham is a surname, and may refer to:
Gorham may also refer to:
Places:
Other:
- Arthur F. GorhamArthur F. GorhamArthur Fulbrook Gorham was a U.S. Army officer and Paratrooper. Gorham was the first commander of the 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division...
(1915–43), American soldier - Benjamin GorhamBenjamin GorhamBenjamin Gorham was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.He was the son of Nathaniel Gorham, who served as one of the Presidents of the Continental Congress. Benjamin was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts. He pursued preparatory studies, graduated from Harvard University in 1795, and studied...
(1775–1845), American politician - Christopher GorhamChristopher GorhamChristopher David Gorham is an American actor.- Early life :Gorham was born in Fresno, California to David Gorham, a certified public accountant and Cathryn Gorham, a school nurse. He attended high school at Roosevelt School of the Arts and graduated from UCLA with a BA in Film & Theater Arts...
(born 1974), American actor - Claire GorhamClaire GorhamClaire Gorham is an English journalist and television presenter, best known for The Girlie Show in the late 1990s.She is sometimes credited as Clare Gorham...
(living 2009), English journalist and television presenter - Geoffrey de GorhamGeoffrey de GorhamGeoffrey de Gorham , sometimes called Geoffrey of Dunstable or of Le Mans , was a Norman scholar who became Abbot of St Albans Abbey, 1119 to 1146.-Life:...
(fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1119–46), Norman English abbot and scholar - George Congdon GorhamGeorge Congdon GorhamGeorge Congdon Gorham was a Republican California politician and newspaper editor. Gorham ran in 1867 under the Republican ticket in the Californian gubernatorial race. He lost, however, to Democratic candidate Henry Huntly Haight by a margin of 7,458 votes...
(1832–1909), American politician and newspaper editor - George Cornelius GorhamGeorge Cornelius GorhamGeorge Cornelius Gorham born in St Neots, Cambridgeshire was a priest in the Church of England. His legal recourse to being denied a certain post, subsequently taken to a secular court, caused great controversy....
(1787–1857), English cleric - Graeme GorhamGraeme GorhamGraeme Gorham is a Canadian ski jumper who has competing since 2003. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he finished 15th in the team large hill and 50th in the individual large hill events....
(born 1987), Canadian ski jumper - Henry Stephen GorhamHenry Stephen GorhamHenry Stephen Gorham was an English entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.He was a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society from 1885, a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London from 1881; and a Member of the Societé Entomologique de France from 1887.He wrote very many short scientific...
(1839–1920) English entomologist - Joseph GorehamJoseph GorehamJoseph Goreham was a British army commander during the Seven Years War and the American Revolutionary War.- Family :...
(1725-1790), British soldier, commander at the Battle of Fort CumberlandBattle of Fort CumberlandThe Battle of Fort Cumberland was an attempt by a small number of militia commanded by Jonathan Eddy to bring the American Revolutionary War to Nova Scotia in late 1776... - John Gorham Palfrey (1796-1881), American clergyman and historian
- John Gorham (1783-1829), Harvard Medical School’s first professor of chemistry and pharmacology.
- John GorhamJohn GorhamJohn Gorham was an award-winning British graphic designer, who gained renown within the industry through a variety of successful projects including film posters, postage stamps and book covers...
(1937–2001), English graphic designer - John Milton Gorham (1867–1943), cofounder of American college fraternity Delta ChiDelta ChiDelta Chi or D-Chi is an international Greek letter college social fraternity formed on October 13, 1890,at Cornell University, initially as a professional fraternity for law students. On April 29, 1922, Delta Chi became a general membership social fraternity, eliminating the requirement for men...
- Kathleen GorhamKathleen GorhamKathleen Gorham OBE was an Australian ballerina.Born in Narrandera, New South Wales, she lived much of her life in Melbourne...
(1928–83), Australian ballerina - Kaye Goreham (fl. 1972), Australian flight attendant aboard hijacked Ansett Airlines Flight 232Ansett Airlines Flight 232Ansett Airlines Flight 232 was an attempted hijacking of a Fokker Friendship bound for Alice Springs from Adelaide on Wednesday, 15 November 1972. It was the first aircraft hijacking in Australia. The would-be hijacker died in the incident....
- Maurice GorhamMaurice GorhamMaurice Gorham was an Irish journalist and broadcasting executive. After being educated in England at Stonyhurst College, Lancashire and later Balliol College, Oxford, he began working as a journalist on the London local newspaper Westminster Guardian and Weekly Westminster after he graduated in...
(1902–75), Irish journalist and broadcasting executive - Mel GorhamMel GorhamMel Gorham is an American actress who is best known for her role as Violet in Wayne Wang's films Smoke and Blue in the Face. Gorham is from Coral Gables, Florida and is of Cuban and Russian Jewish descent....
(born 1959), American actress - Nathaniel GorhamNathaniel GorhamNathaniel Gorham was the fourteenth President of the United States in Congress assembled, under the Articles of Confederation...
(1738–96), American politician - Robert Gorham, aka Rob da BankRob da BankRobert John Gorham, known by the pseudonym Rob da Bank, is a British disc jockey. He presents a Friday-night/Saturday-morning show, Rob da Bank, on BBC Radio 1 from 5am-7am, focused on promoting new left field music...
(living 2009), British disk jockey - Sarah GorhamSarah GorhamSarah Gorham is an American poet, writer and publisher.She was born in Santa Monica, California in 1954. She received her MFA from the University of Iowa in 1978 and her BA in 1976 from Antioch College....
(living 2009), American poet - Scott GorhamScott GorhamScott Gorham is an American guitarist and songwriter who rose to international recognition as one of the "twin lead guitarists" of the Irish-formed rock band, Thin Lizzy...
(born 1951), American guitarist and songwriter
Gorham may also refer to:
Places:
- Gorham, IllinoisGorham, IllinoisGorham is a village in Jackson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 256 at the 2000 census. It is known locally for its near-annihilation during the deadly Tri-State Tornado of 1925....
- Gorham, KansasGorham, KansasGorham is a city in Russell County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 334.-History:Beaten to the settlement of Wilson, Kansas by Bohemian colonists, German settlers from Philadelphia and Lancaster, Pennsylvania established a community on the Kansas Pacific...
- Gorham, MaineGorham, MaineGorham is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 16,381 at the 2010 census. In addition to an urban village center known as Gorham Village or simply "the Village," the town also encompasses a number of smaller, unincorporated villages and hamlets with distinct...
- Gorham (CDP), MaineGorham (CDP), MaineGorham is a census-designated place in the town of Gorham, in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,164 at the 2000 census...
- Gorham (CDP), Maine
- Gorham, New HampshireGorham, New HampshireGorham is a town in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,848 at the 2010 census. Gorham is located in the White Mountains, and parts of the White Mountain National Forest are in the south and northwest. Moose Brook State Park is in the west. The town is crossed by the...
- Gorham, New YorkGorham, New YorkGorham is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 3,776 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Nathaniel Gorham.The Town of Gorham is at the south border of the county, southeast of Canandaigua, NY.- History :...
- Gorham, (hamlet), New York
- Gorham Township, Fulton County, OhioGorham Township, Fulton County, OhioGorham Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,372 people in the township, 1,032 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
- Gorham's Bluff, AlabamaGorham's Bluff, AlabamaGorham's Bluff is approximately three miles north of Pisgah, Alabama at the top of Sand Mountain. It overlooks the Tennessee River valley. Currently, Gorham's Bluff is not a recognized town, but part of the Pisgah area. Gorham's Bluff has a 6 suite lodge and 9 cottages...
- Gorham's CaveGorham's CaveGorham's Cave is a natural sea cave in Gibraltar, considered to be one of the last known habitations of the Neanderthals. It is located on the south east face of the Rock of Gibraltar...
, sea cave and prehistoric settlement site in Gibraltar - Phelps and Gorham PurchasePhelps and Gorham PurchaseThe Phelps and Gorham Purchase was the purchase in 1788 of the pre-emptive right to some 6,000,000 acres of land in western New York State for $1,000,000 . This was all land in western New York west of Seneca Lake between Lake Ontario and the Pennsylvania border...
, a 1788 land deal in what is now western New York state
Other:
- the Gorham controversy
- Gorham, the Australian thoroughbred horse, winner of the 1981 Expressway StakesExpressway StakesThe Expressway Stakes is a Group 2 Australian Thoroughbred open horse race for three-year-olds and over at Weight for Age run over a distance of 1200 metres at Rosehill Racecourse, Sydney in February...
- Gorham Manufacturing CompanyGorham Manufacturing CompanyThe Gorham Manufacturing Company is an American manufacturer of sterling and silverplate.-History:Gorham Silver was founded in Providence, Rhode Island 1831 by Jabez Gorham, a master craftsman, in partnership with Henry L. Webster. The firm's chief product was spoons of coin silver. The company...
, an American silver manufacturing company - Gorham's diseaseGorham's diseaseGorham's disease is a rare congenital disorder characterized by proliferation of vascular channels that cause massive destruction of bone matrix.The disease was first described by Gorham et al...
, a congenital disorder characterized by massive bone loss