GORDON, ANDREW [SSNE 1054]
- Surname
- GORDON, GORDIUS
- First name
- ANDREW, ANDREAS
- Title/rank
- REVEREND
- Nationality
- SCOT
- Social status
- GENTRY
- Education
- UNIVERSITY?
Text source
Scottish minister Andrew Gordon is mentioned in Moscow in 1636. A Scottish 'pastor' was recorded in Moscow in the 1650's. He is named as Andreas Gordius which Cross believes may be, and in all probability is, Andrew Gordon.
A. G. Cross, By the Banks of the Neva (Cambridge, 1997), p.92; Manuscripts, upon Papyrus, Vellum, and Paper, in Various Languages. A Catalogue […] from the Libraries of […] William, Lord Berwick [et al.] (Thomas Thorpe, bookseller, London, 1843), supplement, p. 3.
This entry was kindly updated by Dr Thomas Brochard.
Service record
- RUSSIA, MOSCOW
- Arrived 1650-01-01
- Departed 1659-12-31
- Capacity PASTOR, purpose ECCLESIASTICAL