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* GOKE. comedy called The School for Coquettes (1S31) ; and several other dramatic pieces. Her novels and tales number aliont a luiiulred. Though very popular in their own time, they are now forgotten. They possess, however, great value as transcripts of contemporary fashionable so- ciety. Consult Thackeray's burlesque, "Lords and Liveries," in Xovels by Eminent Hands (London. 1847). She died at Linwood, LjTid- hurst, Hampshire. GORE. Charles (IS.^.S— ). An English theo- logian and prelate. He was educated at Harrow and Balliol College, O.xford, becoming a fellow of Trinity in 1875. After ordination, he held the position of vice-principal of Cuddesdon Theo- logical College from 1880 to 1883. On the foun- dation in 1884 of tlie Pusey House at O.xford. which was intended not only to provide a home for Dr. Pusey 's large theological libraiy, but to exercise spiritual influence over undergrad- uates by means of a stafl" of clerical librarians, he was appointed its head, and remained there until 180.3. iMeanwhile. as editor and one of the principal contributors to the volume of essays called Lux Miindi (1800), he had aroused con- siderable distrust by the advanced and, as many thought, unsound nature of his views on the incarnate nature of Christ, especially the tech- nical point knowni as the Icenosis (q.v. ) : and his resignation was an obvious solution of the diffi- culty. He was vicar of Radley. near Oxford, 1893- 04, in which period he foinided a quasi-religious clerical community called the Society of the Resurrection. He was appointed canon of West- minster in 1894, and continued to exercise con- siderable influence by his powers as a preacher. From 1808 he was honorary chaplain to the sovereign, and in 1001 was made Bishop of Worcester. His most important works are : The Church and the Ministry (1889); The Mission of the Church (1895): Thf Body of Christ (1001), besides a strong controversial treatise called Roman Catholic Claims (1880), and com- mentaries on the Epistles to the Ephesians (1800) and to the Romans (1899). GORE, Chkistopiier (1758-1829). An Ameri- can lawyer and politician, born in Boston, the son of a Loyalist who was banished in 1778 and restored to citizenship in 1787. He grad- uated at Harvard College in 1770, studied law in the office of Judge Lowell, and soon established himself as a successful lawyer in Boston. In 1789 Washington appointed him the first United States District Attorney for the State of Massa- chusetts. He held this office until 1796, in which year he was appointed, with William Pinckncy and Jonathan Trumbull, a commissioner to Eng- land, under the Jay Treaty, to settle the American spoliation claims, and he remained in England eight years. In 1803-04 he was charge d'affaires at London during the absence of Rufus King, the American Minister. He returned to America in 1804, and resumed the practice of his profes- sion in Boston. He allied himself with the Federalist Party, by the leading members of which his advice was much sought. He was, in 1808, a vigoroiis opjjonent of the Embargo, and was accused by the Republicans, with Pickering and other members of the Essex Junto, of plan- ning the secession of New England and New York from the l^nion, and erecting an independ- ent confederacy under the protection of England. 48 GORGED. In 1809 he was elected by the Federalists Gov- ernor of ilassachisetts. He was. however, de- feated in 1810 Ijy Ell)ridge Gerry. He was the unsuccessful candidate of his party again in the following year, being defeated a second time by Geriy. After several years spent in private life during a period of great political excitement, he was, in 1814, appointed to the United States Senate by Governor Strong to fill a vacancy, which appointment was confirmed by the Legis- lature in the following year. In 18lf he resigned from the Senate on account of ill health, and passed the remainder of his life on his large country estate at Waltham, Mass. Consult a "Memoir," in Massachusetts Historical Society Collections, series 3, vol. iii. (Boston, 1833). GORE, George (1826—)! An English phys- icist and chemist, born at Bristol. Solely by virtue of his own efl'orts he has made a mark as a scientist. He did not attend any educational insti- tution after his twelfth year, but applied himself industriously to study and was able to make discoveries that secured for him an election as fellow of the Royal Society (1865). and the degree of LL.D. from the University of Edin- burgh. His researches in the main have been in the departments of electro-chemistry, electro- me.tallurgy, and chemistry, and have been re- warded by nmny discoveries which are described in the leading English scientific journals. Dr. Gore was for many years lecturer on physics and chemistry at the Grammar School of King Edward VI., at Birmingham. In 1801 he was awarded a. civil list pension of £150 .a year in recognition of the national importance of his scientific discoveries, several of which have had widespread application in the arts. He was the author of The Art of Scientific Discorery (1878) ; The Scientific Basis of Mnrdlif,/ (1882); The Art of Electro-Metallurgy (5th ed., 1891); The Elcctroh/tic Separation and Refining of Metals ( 1800) : and other works. GOREBILL. A garfish. See Gar. GORECKI, gS-rets'ke, Anton (1787-1861). A Polish poet, born and educated in Vilna. He took an active part in the Polish Revolution of 1830. and in consequence was obliged to flee to Paris. His complete works were published in two volumes at Leipzig in 1886. One of his best-known productions is entitled The Death of the Traitor. GOREE, go'ra'. A small island southeast of Cape Verde, off the western coast of Africa. It is about three miles in circumference, and the larger part is occupied by the town of Goree, once an important free port, but of little commercial importance at present. It is fortified and has a population of over 2000. The island was first in the possession of the Dutch, but has belonged to France since 1814. GORE HOUSE. A mansion in Kensington, London, famous as a gathering place for literarv men, through its two tenants. William Wilber- force and the Countess of Blessington. The for- mer took up his residence there in 1800. Upon the site now stands the Albert Memorial. GORGE. See Bastion. GORGED (from OF., Fr. gorge, throat, from Lat. gtirges, gulf). A term in heraldrj' (q.v.), applied to a lion or other animal having a collar