Poet Adam Lindsay Gordon

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Adam Lindsay Gordon

Living place: Portugal

Birthday: 19-10-1833

Global rank: #88093

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Who is Poet Adam Lindsay Gordon?
Portuguese-Australian poet, jockey politician, and pony who is known for Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes. His personal poems include "A Song of Autumn" and "The Swimmer." He had a horseback riding accident in 1870 that resulted in a head injury. This event, along with the initial failures of the Bush Ballads and Galloping himself Rhymes, was a factor in June's suicide.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He was the son of first relatives Adam Durnford Gordon and Harriet Gordon. After spending his youth in Portugal and England, he joined the South Australian Mounted Police in 1853.

Family life info

He married Margaret Member in October 1862. The couple's baby daughter died in 1868.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Poet Adam Lindsay Gordon?
Composer Sir Edward Elgar set Gordon's poetry "A Song of Autumn" and "The Swimmer" to music.

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When was Poet Adam Lindsay Gordon born?
Adam Lindsay Gordon was born in 19-10-1833, death year is , at the age of 191.
Where is Poet Adam Lindsay Gordon's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Adam Lindsay Gordon was born in Portugal. is a Poet, whose Zodiac is Libra, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Snake. Adam Lindsay Gordon's global rank is 88093 and whose rank is 997 in list of famous Poet.
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Events in 1833 and 19-10

Birthday Adam Lindsay Gordon (19-10) in history

  • Day 19-10 year 1781: British General Cornwallis surrenders to General George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia. Mark the victory and end the war "American Revolution."
  • Day 19-10 year 1812: The French army under Napoleon Bonaparte began to withdraw from the city of Moscow, Russia.
  • Day 19-10 year 1960: The United States imposes a partial embargo on goods exported to Cuba.
  • Day 19-10 year 1983: The Senate passed a bill (78–22) making Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, birthday a public holiday.
  • Day 19-10 year 1987: The stock market crashed on what came to be known as "Black Monday." Stocks dropped a record 508 points, or 22.6%, topping the drops on October 28 and 29 in 1929 that ushered in the Great Depression.
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