Frederic Gore

Frederic E. Gore (1860–1930) was a 19th- and 20th-century chemist from Yarmouth, Maine. He became the manager of the Forest Paper Company, which was in business between 1874 and 1923. In 1909, it was the largest such mill in the world.

For the British painter, see Frederick Gore.
Frederic Gore
Gore, pictured around 1915
Born1860
Died1930(1930-00-00) (aged 69–70)
Yarmouth, Maine, U.S.
Resting placeOld Baptist Cemetery, Yarmouth, Maine, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
SpouseAngie T. Jordan (–1930; his death)

Life and career
The former Gore family residence at 62 South Street in Yarmouth, Maine (2022)

Gore was born in 1860. He studied chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1][2]

He married Angie T. Jordan, and they lived at today's 1896-built 62 South Street in Yarmouth.[3][4] The property is now known as the Frederic Gore House.[5]

In 1903, while assignor to S. D. Warren & Co., Gore had patented (number 725.071) cooking cellulose fiber. "The fiber is digested with caustic soda, diluted with spent soda liquor, afterwards transferring the dilute liquor from the fiber to reactivate contact with calcium hydroxide, then returning the liquor to the fiber, this maintaining the efficiency of the soda liquor."[6]

Gore became superintendent of Yarmouth's Forest Paper Company around the time of its being the largest such mill in the world.[7]

In 1917, during the 22nd annual meeting of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, Gore was stated as having had 35 years of experience with digesters.[1]

Death

Gore died in 1930, aged 69 or 70. He was interred in Yarmouth's Old Baptist Cemetery, around 0.25 miles (0.40 km) northwest of his home. His wife survived him by nine years; she was buried alongside him.[8] According to Yarmouth historian Alan M. Hall: "Mrs. Gore reportedly enjoyed [her] lifestyle, but lamented that they never had any children."[1]

References
  1. Images of America: Yarmouth, Alan M. Hall (Arcadia, 2002)
  2. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, Volume 36, Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, p. 325
  3. Architectural Survey Yarmouth, ME (Phase One, September, 2018 - Yarmouth's town website)
  4. Maine, Realty of. "62 South Street Yarmouth, ME". Realty of Maine. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  5. "Conveyance of Historic Preservation Program and Proposed Ordinance" - Town of Yarmouth, September 2020, p. 23
  6. Journal of the American Chemical Society, Volume 25, Part 2, American Chemical Society (1903), p. 520
  7. Lockwood's Directory of the Paper and Stationary Trade. Vance Publishing Corporation. 1921. p. 102.
  8. Cemetery Records - Yarmouth Historical Society, p. 16
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