Gordon, George Angier (1853–1929)

Scottish-born US Protestant clergyman and author. From 1884 until his death he was pastor of Old South Church, Boston. His The Christ of Today (1895) expressed a liberal theological doctrine, and he became an important champion of religious freedom. An estate overseer's son, he was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He worked several manual trades before emigrating to the USA in 1871. He studied at Bangor Theological Seminary and Harvard University, graduating in 1881.