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7 unusual facts about Gambier


Francis Wharton

He was professor of English history and literature at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, in 1856-1863.

French Polynesia's 1st constituency

From that point on, the 1st constituency will consist in the communes of Anaa, Arue, Arutua, Fakarava, Fangatau, Fatu-Hiva, Gambier, Hao, Hikueru, Hiva-Oa, Makemo, Manihi, Moorea-Maiao, Napuka, Nuku-Hiva, Nukutavake, Papeete, Pirae, Pukapuka, Rangiroa, Reao, Tahuata, Takaroa, Tatakoto, Tureia, Ua-Huka, and Ua-Pou.

Gambier, Ohio

Gambier is the home of Kenyon College and was named after one of Kenyon College's early benefactors, Lord Gambier.

Kris Osborn

Osborn is a 1992 graduate of Kenyon College, in Gambier, Ohio, where he pursued a double major in English and political science and was a member of the swim team, on which he earned three NCAA championships and ten All-American honors.

Living with War

Young began writing songs for Living With War in a Gambier, Ohio hotel room while visiting his daughter at her college.

Michelle Engelsman

She started her swimming career upon her admission at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, and eventually won the title in the 50 m freestyle at the 1998 NCAA Division 3 State Swimming Championships.

Peter Smagorinsky

Following high school, Smagorinsky received his Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio in 1974.


Bintan Island

There was extensive deforestation done mostly for the cultivation of gambier (Uncaria gembieri).

Cachou

Catechu, a medicinal aromatic drug; the same as gambier, also called Terra Japonica

Edward John Gambier

Gambier, third son of Samuel Gambier, first commissioner of the navy (1752–1813), by Jane, youngest daughter of Daniel Mathew of Felix Hall, Essex, and nephew of Admiral James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier, was born in 1794 and entered at Eton in 1808.

Episcopal Diocese of Ohio

Kenyon College and Gambier were named for Lord Kenyon and Lord Gambier, the largest benefactors to the establishment of the college and new diocese.

Gambier Parry process

The Gambier Parry process is a development of the classical technique of fresco for painting murals, named for Thomas Gambier Parry.

Katong

They built business empires from trading in these early international commodities such as cotton, coconut and gambier.

Latigo

Latigo leather, Cattle hide leather tanned with a combination of alum and gambier, used to secure western saddle cinches, other saddlery work and for army accoutrements.

Latigo leather

Latigo leather is cattle hide leather tanned with a combination of alum and gambier, used for straps such as those that secure western saddle cinches, other saddlery work and for army accoutrements.

Michael Gambier-Parry

The Gambier-Parry’s of Highnam Court, Gloucestershire were an artistic and military family (see Thomas Gambier Parry and the latter's son, eminent composer Sir Hubert Parry).

Ralph Pomeroy Buckland

He attended the country schools, Tallmadge (Ohio) Academy, and Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio.

Wendy MacLeod

MacLeod received a BA from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, where she now teaches and is a playwright-in-residence.

Yong Peng

During the reign of Sultan Abu Bakar of Johor and under the influence of the British rule in the 1870s, a policy was initiated to modernise Johor and increase tax revenue by opening up more of the forest and swamp area for plantation purposes (initially for spices such as pepper and gambier; then followed by rubber).


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