Rav Eliezer Gordon

Born in Lithuania (1841-1910), he learned at Rav Yisrael Salanter's yeshiva in Kovno alongside Rav Yitzchak Blazer, Rav Simcha Zissel Ziv, and Rav Naftali Amsterdam. He led the Telshe Yeshiva, which had been started in 1877. In 1897, he hired Rav Leib Chasman as mashgiach. He was niftar in London on a fundraising mission after a fire destroyed the yeshiva.