Amelia Gayle Gorgas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAmelia Gayle Gorgas
librarian
Date of Birth: 01-Jun-1826
Place of Birth: Greensboro, Alabama, United States
Date of Death: 03-Jan-1913
Profession: librarian
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Amelia Gayle Gorgas
- Amelia Gayle Gorgas (June 1, 1826 – January 3, 1913) was librarian and postmaster of the University of Alabama for 25 years until her retirement at the age of eighty in 1907.
- She expanded the library from 6,000 to 20,000 volumes.
- The primary library at the university is named after her. A native of Greensboro, Alabama, Amelia was the daughter of Alabama governor John Gayle, the wife of Pennsylvania-born Confederate general Josiah Gorgas and the mother of Surgeon General William C.
- Gorgas.
- She was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1977.
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