Andrew Gordon (Benedictine)
Andrew Gordon (b. 15 June 1712(N.S 26 June), at Cofforach in Forfarshire, Scotland; d. 22 August 1751(N.S 2 September), at Erfurt, in Saxony) was a Scottish Benedictine monk, physicist, and inventor. He made the first electric motor.
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“And hiving wisdom with each studious year,
In meditation dwelt, with learning wrought,
And shaped his weapon with an edge severe,
Sapping a solemn creed with solemn sneer.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)