Robert Jacob Gordon

**Robert Jacob Gordon**
	Dutch explorer, soldier and linguist of Scottish descent (1743-1795)
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Date of birth	29 September 1743; Doesburg
Date of death	25 October 1795; Cape Town
Manner of death	suicide;
Work period (start)	1768;
Work period (end)	1788;
Country of citizenship	Dutch Republic;
Educated at	University of Harderwijk;
Occupation	explorer; naturalist;
Native language	Dutch;
Spouse	Susanna Nicolet;
Authority file
	Q2689391; ISNI: 0000000066746092; VIAF ID: 3275021; GND ID: 119178389; Library of Congress authority ID: n90616820; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12365972r; IdRef ID: 032675976; Biografisch Portaal van Nederland ID: 71619051; Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 212530917; Open Library ID: OL902149A; Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren author ID: gord003; Union List of Artist Names ID: 500098558; RKDartists ID: 207598
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Works

Bloubok Hippotragus leucophaeus. 1777-1786. pen
medium QS:P186,Q165447
and brush and ink, brush and watercolor on paper. 25.6 × 42.1 cm (10 × 16.5 in). Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
Moggel Labeo umbratus. 1779. Technique, dimensions und whereabouts unknown.
Great egret Ardea alba, 1777-1786


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