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Summerhill

(Encyclopedia) Summerhill, radical progressive school in Leiston, Suffolk, England, and the educational movement based on principles developed at the school. The school was founded (1924) by A. S.…

Lasch, Christopher

(Encyclopedia) Lasch, ChristopherLasch, Christopherlăsh [key], 1932–94, American historian, b. Omaha, Neb., grad. Harvard, 1956, Ph.D., Columbia, 1961. After teaching at the Univ. of Iowa (1961–66)…

Dove, Rita

(Encyclopedia) Dove, Rita, 1952–, American poet, b. Akron, Ohio, studied Iowa Writers' Workshop (M.F.A., 1977). Her first poetry collection, Ten Poems, was published in 1977. Her verse is at once…

Memphis, University of

(Encyclopedia) Memphis, University of, at Memphis, Tenn.; coeducational; opened 1912 as a normal school, became West Tennessee State Teachers College in 1925. The school was renamed Memphis State…

Easthampton

(Encyclopedia) Easthampton Easthampton ēst-hămpˈtən [key], town (2020 pop. 16,211), Hampshire co., W Mass.; inc. 1809…

Dodge, Grenville Mellen

(Encyclopedia) Dodge, Grenville Mellen, 1831–1916, Union general in the Civil War and railroad builder, b. Danvers, Mass. Before the war Dodge, a civil engineer, did railroad work in the West. After…

Adair County, IA Census Data

Iowa Adair County, Iowa People QuickFactsAdair CountyIowaPopulation, 2005 estimate 7,8592,966,334Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -4.7%1.4%Population, 2000 8,2432,926,…

Adams County, IA Census Data

Iowa Adams County, Iowa People QuickFactsAdams CountyIowaPopulation, 2005 estimate 4,2642,966,334Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -4.9%1.4%Population, 2000 4,4822,926,…

Allamakee County, IA Census Data

Iowa Allamakee County, Iowa People QuickFactsAllamakee CountyIowaPopulation, 2005 estimate 14,7092,966,334Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 0.2%1.4%Population, 2000 14,…

Davis County, IA Census Data

Iowa Davis County, Iowa People QuickFactsDavis CountyIowaPopulation, 2005 estimate 8,6592,966,334Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 1.4%1.4%Population, 2000 8,5412,926,…