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(Encyclopedia) Wellingborough, town (1991 pop. 38,598) and district, Northamptonshire, central England. It is an extremely old market town. Formerly known for its chalybeate spring, Wellingborough is…Western Michigan University
(Encyclopedia) Western Michigan University, at Kalamazoo, Mich.; coeducational; founded in 1903 as Western State Normal School, became accredited in 1927 as a college, gained university status in…Laurentian University
(Encyclopedia) Laurentian University, main campus at Sudbury, Ont., Canada; bilingual, coeducational; founded 1960. Among its faculties are those in astronomy, commerce, computer science, education,…Dax
(Encyclopedia) Dax Dax däks [key], town, Landes dept., SW France, in Gascony, on the Adour River. It…Edinburgh, University of
(Encyclopedia) Edinburgh, University of, at Edinburgh, Scotland; founded 1583. It has faculties of divinity, law, medicine, arts, science, music, social sciences, and veterinary medicine. The…Holland, Philemon
(Encyclopedia) Holland, Philemon, 1552–1637, English translator and scholar. Educated at Cambridge, he became director of the free school in Coventry, where he also practiced medicine. He was the…Houston, University of
(Encyclopedia) Houston, University of, at Houston, Tex.; coeducational; est. 1927 as a junior college, became a four-year institution in 1934, became a state-supported university in 1963. Campuses at…South, University of the
(Encyclopedia) South, University of the, called Sewanee, at Sewanee, Tenn.; Episcopal; coeducational; chartered 1858, opened 1868. It has a college of arts and sciences and a theological school. The…Southern Methodist University
(Encyclopedia) Southern Methodist University, at Dallas, Tex.; United Methodist; coeducational; chartered 1911. The school's facilities include laboratories for electron microscopy and stable…Crosby
(Encyclopedia) Crosby, town, Sefton metropolitan district, NW England, on Liverpool Bay. Formed in 1937 from the urban districts of Great Crosby and…Trending
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