Robert Jacob Gordon
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Dutch explorer, soldier and linguist of Scottish descent (1743-1795)
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Vinony files it under 1743 births, 1795 deaths and 18th-century Dutch explorers.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1743
- Died
- 1795
- Works
- 1
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- Robert Jacob Gordon
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jacob
- Family name
- Gordon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dutch Republic
- Place of birth
- Doesburg
- Place of death
- Cape Town
- Occupation
- naturalist
- Educated at
- University of Harderwijk
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Native language
- Dutch
- Military rank
- colonel
- Image
- Robert Jacob Gordon00.jpg
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- Commons category
- Robert Jacob Gordon
- date of birth
- 1743-09-29
- date of death
- 1795-10-25
- Commons Creator page
- Robert Jacob Gordon
- Commons gallery
- Robert Jacob Gordon
- manner of death
- Suicide
- start of work period
- 1768-01-01
- end of work period
- 1788-01-01
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Connections
Orange River
Entity
Cape Town
Entity
Southern Africa
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Gelderland
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Xhosa
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humanities
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colonel
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Dutch East India Company
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Dutch Republic
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Bartolomeu Dias
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treason
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Khoisan
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major general
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Batavian Republic
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Xhosa people
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Doesburg
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Merino
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William V, Prince of Orange
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Carl Peter Thunberg
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Swellendam
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