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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.…

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…

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)…

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…

Jackson County, IA Census Data

Iowa Jackson County, Iowa People QuickFactsJackson CountyIowaPopulation, 2005 estimate 20,3352,966,334Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 0.2%1.4%Population, 2000 20,2962…

Jasper County, IA Census Data

Iowa Jasper County, Iowa People QuickFactsJasper CountyIowaPopulation, 2005 estimate 37,6742,966,334Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 1.2%1.4%Population, 2000 37,2132,…

Jefferson County, IA Census Data

Iowa Jefferson County, Iowa People QuickFactsJefferson CountyIowaPopulation, 2005 estimate 15,9722,966,334Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 -1.3%1.4%Population, 2000 16…

Johnson County, IA Census Data

Iowa Johnson County, Iowa People QuickFactsJohnson CountyIowaPopulation, 2005 estimate 117,0672,966,334Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 5.5%1.4%Population, 2000 111,…