George Gore ( 1826 - 1908 )

Birth: Blackfriars, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England (22 January 1826) Death: Birmingham, Warwickshire (20 or 23 December 1908) Burial: Warstone Lane cemetery, Birmingham, Warwickshire Profession: Physicist Research Field: Electrochemistry Career: Errand boy (age 12); apprenticed to a cooper (aged 17); moved to Birmingham (1851); Time Keeper, Soho works; Pracitioner in medical galvanism; Chemist to a phosporus factory; Head, Institute of Scientific Research, Birmingham (1880); Lecturer on Chemistry; wrote 'The art of electrometallurgy' (1877); received Civil List pension of £150 (1891); left £5,000 to the Royal Society and Royal Institution for 'assisting scientific discovery' Membership: Fellow Election Date: 1/06/1865.