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Edgar F. Gordon
Edgar Fitzgerald Gordon (20 March 1895 – 20 April 1955), born in Trinidad & Tobago, was a physician, parliamentarian, civil-rights activist〔Rosemary Jones, (''Bermuda: Five Centuries'', Chapter 18: Growing Pains ), Ministry of Education, Bermuda, 2011.〕 and labour leader in Bermuda, and is regarded as the "father of trade unionism" there:〔("Our history", website of Bermuda Public Services Union – BPSU. )〕 "he championed the cause of Bermudian workers and fought for equal rights for black Bermudians, thereby laying the groundwork for much of the political and social change that came about after his death".〔Meredith Ebbin, ("Dr. Edgar Fitzgerald Gordon, March 20,1895 – April 20, 1955 – Physician, parliamentarian and labour leader" ), Bermuda Biographies.〕 He was president of the Bermuda Industrial Union (BIU) 1945–55.〔(Bermuda Industrial Union website. )〕 Gordon has been described as "perhaps the only black charismatic leader to have emerged in the island's modern political history",〔Frances Henry (ed.), (''Ethnicity in the Americas'' ), Walter de Gruyter, 1976, p. 67.〕 and as "Bermuda's most dedicated Pan-Africanist".〔Ira Philip, ("The unforgettable day I met the Queen" ), ''The Royal Gazette'', 7 September 2015.〕
==Early years and education==
Edgar Fitzgerald Gordon was born to Olympia Jardin and Frederick Charles Gordon in Port of Spain, Trinidad, where he received his early education at Queen's Royal College (QRC),〔Tony Martin, ''The Progress of the African Race Since Emancipation and Prospects for the Future'', The Majority Press, 1998, p. 8.〕 graduating as one of the school's most brilliant scholars.〔Ira Philip, ("Remembering Mazumbo, a dynamic freedom fighter" ), ''The Royal Gazette'', 21 March 2015.〕 In 1912 he went to Scotland to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh. There he met and married a fellow medical student, Clara Christian (who had previously studied music in the US at Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virginia, and Oberlin College, Ohio).〔〔("Dr EF Gordon – fought tirelessly for equal rights for black Bermudians" ), ''The Royal Gazette'', 16 June 2011.〕 To the displeasure of her father George James Christian, a Dominican barrister who had settled in the Gold Coast in 1902,〔("George James Christian: Pioneer in Africa" ), TheDominican.net, Volume No. 1, Issue No. 32, 27 November 2002.〕 she abandoned her medical studies to begin a family with Gordon.〔〔("Moira Stuart", ''Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine''. )〕
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