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Cleveland Heights
(Encyclopedia)Cleveland Heights, city (2020 pop. 45,312), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a residential suburb of Cleveland; inc. 1903. It is known for its beautiful homes and...Parma Heights
(Encyclopedia)Parma Heights, city (1990 pop. 21,448), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a residential suburb of Cleveland; settled 1818, set off from Parma and inc. 1912. It is surrounded on three sides by Parma, and the two ...Warrensville Heights
(Encyclopedia)Warrensville Heights, city (1990 pop. 15,745), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland; inc. 1927. Although chiefly residential, it has plants that manufacture machinery, automobile equipment, an...Boyle, Willard Sterling
(Encyclopedia)Boyle, Willard Sterling, 1924–2011, Canadian-American solid-state physicist, b. Amherst, N.S., Canada, Ph.D. McGill Univ., Montreal, 1950. Boyle was a researcher at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill,...New York University
(Encyclopedia)New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining four main...Cleveland, Frederick Albert
(Encyclopedia)Cleveland, Frederick Albert, 1865–1946, American economist, b. Sterling, Ill., studied at DePauw Univ. and at the Univ. of Chicago, Ph.D. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1900. He taught at the Univ. of Penns...Adrian, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Adrian, city (2020 pop. 6,401), seat of Lenawee co., SE Mich., on the Raisin River; inc. 1836. It is a manufacturing and trading center for a fertile farm region. Manufactures include mach...Flory, Paul John
(Encyclopedia)Flory, Paul John, 1910–85, American chemist, b. Sterling, Ill., Ph.D. Ohio State Univ., 1934. Flory was a researcher with the DuPont Company (1934–37) and a professor at the Univ. of Cincinnati (1...Delany, Martin Robinson
(Encyclopedia)Delany, Martin Robinson dəlāˈnē [key], 1812–85, American black leader, b. Charles Town, Va. (now in West Virginia). The son of free blacks, he attended a black school in Pittsburgh and studied m...Golan
(Encyclopedia)Golan gōˈlən [key], in the Bible, refuge city, located in the tribal territory of Manasseh E of the Jordan; it was also a levitical city. Golan gives its name to the rocky plateau known as the Gola...Browse by Subject
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