Colburn School Alumni
Colburn may refer to: People * Elanor Colburn (1866–1939), American painter * Elliot Colburn (born 1992), British politician * Henry Colburn (1780s–1855), British publisher * Jeremiah Colburn (1815–1891), numismatist and antiquarian * John F. Colburn (1859–1920), Hawaiian politician * Lawrence Colburn (1949–2016), US soldier, interventionist in the My Lai Massacre * Matt Colburn (born 1997), American football player * Richard Colburn (born 1970), musician * Richard F. Colburn (born 1950), American politician * Warren Colburn (1793–1833), educator * Zerah Colburn (locomotive designer) (1832–1870) * Zerah Colburn (mental calculator) (1804–1839) Places United Kingdom * Colburn, North Yorkshire United States * Colburn, Indiana * Colburn, St. Joseph County, Indiana * Colburn, Adams County, Wisconsin * Colburn, Chippewa County, Wisconsin * Colburn (community), Wisconsin Other uses * Colburn Automobile Company, Denver, Colorado * Colburn School The Co ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Elanor Colburn
Elanor Colburn (1866 - May 7, 1939) was an American painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai .... References 1866 births 1939 deaths American women painters Painters from California 20th-century American painters 20th-century American women artists {{California-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zerah Colburn (mental Calculator)
Zerah Colburn (September 1, 1804 – March 2, 1839) was an American child prodigy of the 19th century who gained fame as a mental calculator.W. W. Rouse Ball (1960) ''Calculating Prodigies'', in Mathematical Recreations and Essays, Macmillan, New York, chapter 13. Biography Colburn was born in Cabot, Vermont, in 1804. He was thought to be intellectually disabled until the age of six. However, after six weeks of schooling, his father overheard him repeating his multiplication tables. His father was not sure whether or not he learned the tables from his older brothers and sisters, but he decided to test him further on his mathematical abilities and discovered that there was something special about his son when Zerah correctly multiplied 13 and 97. Colburn's abilities developed rapidly and he was soon able to solve such problems as the number of seconds in 2,000 years, the product of 12,225 and 1,223, or the square root of 1,449. When he was seven years old he took six seconds to ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Colburn School
The Colburn School is a private music school in Los Angeles with a focus on music and dance. It consists of four divisions: the Conservatory of Music, Music Academy, Community School of Performing Arts and the Dance Academy. It is located adjacent to the Museum of Contemporary Art and across the street from the Walt Disney Concert Hall. History The school was established in 1950 as a preparatory arm of the USC Thornton School of Music. It was originally located across the street from the Shrine Auditorium, in a warehouse that had been converted into extra USC practice rooms, rehearsal halls, and dance studios. It later broadened its mission and changed its name to the Community School of Performing Arts. In 1980, it finalized its split with USC and branched out on its own. In 1985, the school received a significant endowment from Richard D. Colburn and was subsequently renamed in his honor. The school moved from its original location near the USC campus to its current location ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Colburn Automobile Company
The Colburn Automobile Company was a Brass Era car manufacturer in Denver, Colorado. The company produced cars from 1906-1911. in their factory at 15th Street and Colfax Avenue. Colburns were built as a Roadster (automobile), roadster, and later as a touring car (Model 35). They were fashioned after the French Renault with the radiator positioned behind the sloping hood. The Model 30 and Model 40 roadsters were fast with a top speed of 72 miles per hour and often competed in road races and track events around the Denver area. The roadster featured a 4-cylinder, 40HP engine and 4 speed transmission and sold for $4,500.00. A large shiny brass "C" emblazoned the front of the automobiles. The Colburn Family Herbert C. Colburn and Ernest A. Colburn Jr. were the sons of Judge Ernest A. Colburn (E.A. Colburn). Judge Ernest was wealthy, having made his fortune as a mine owner in the Cripple Creek, Colorado mining district. He was the financial backer of the automobile while the car it ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Colburn (community), Wisconsin
Colburn is a town in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 856 at the 2010 census, up from 727 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Colburn and Huron are located in the town. The unincorporated community of Brownville is located partially in the town. Education The town is served by the School District of Cadott Community, Stanley-Boyd School District, Gilman School District, and Cornell School District. Geography Colburn is located in eastern Chippewa County and is bordered to the east by Taylor County. The town covers an rectangle, except for a bite taken by the town of Estella from the northwest corner. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Colburn has a total area of , of which is land and , or 2.47%, is water. The Yellow River, a tributary of the Chippewa River, flows from northeast to south through the town. Otter Lake is in the eastern part of the town. History The 6 by 6 townships that become Colbu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Colburn, Chippewa County, Wisconsin
Colburn is a town in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 856 at the 2010 census, up from 727 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Colburn and Huron are located in the town. The unincorporated community of Brownville is located partially in the town. Education The town is served by the School District of Cadott Community, Stanley-Boyd School District, Gilman School District, and Cornell School District. Geography Colburn is located in eastern Chippewa County and is bordered to the east by Taylor County. The town covers an rectangle, except for a bite taken by the town of Estella from the northwest corner. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Colburn has a total area of , of which is land and , or 2.47%, is water. The Yellow River, a tributary of the Chippewa River, flows from northeast to south through the town. Otter Lake is in the eastern part of the town. History The 6 by 6 townships that become Colbu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Colburn, Adams County, Wisconsin
Colburn is a town in Adams County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 223 at the 2010 census. The town was most likely named for Sherman Colburn, who immigrated to Wisconsin from Vermont in 1855 and became a farmer in the area. Geography Colburn is located at (44.112430, −89.656160). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which , or 0.05%, is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 181 people, 83 households, and 56 families residing in the town. The population density was 5.0 people per square mile (1.9/km2). There were 155 housing units at an average density of 4.3 per square mile (1.7/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 92.82% White, 0.55% African American, 3.87% Native American, and 2.76% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.87% of the population. There were 83 households, out of which 14.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.8% were married couples ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Colburn, Indiana
Colburn is a small unincorporated census-designated place in northeastern Washington Township, Tippecanoe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Colburn was originally called Chapmanville. A post office was established at Colburn in 1860, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1988. Geography Colburn is located at 40°31'07" North, 86°42'51" West (40.518611, -86.714167) in Washington Township, at an elevation of 662 feet. Nearby communities include Lafayette (12 miles southwest), Delphi Delphi (; ), in legend previously called Pytho (Πυθώ), in ancient times was a sacred precinct that served as the seat of Pythia, the major oracle who was consulted about important decisions throughout the ancient classical world. The oracle ... (6 miles north), Buck Creek (4 miles south) and Americus (3.5 miles west). Demographics References {{authority control Unincorporated comm ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Colburn, North Yorkshire
Colburn is a town, civil parish and electoral ward in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England, west of Catterick. It had a population of 4,860 at the 2011 census, rising from 3,606 in 2001. History The town takes its name from the first settlers along the stream Colburn Beck. It means "cold stream," "coal stream" or "cool, black stream" and is a mixture of Old English and Old Norse (Col, Kol and Burna). A "burn" refers to a valley that has been eroded by flowing water. The Colburn (Coburn) family is widespread around the world, including Edward Colburn, great grandfather of Reuben Colburn, who came to America in 1635 on the ship "Defence" part of the Puritan Great Migration of the 1630s led by John Winthrop. Colburn Hall, a grade II listed building is located on the outskirts of the old village, along with a grade I listed courthouse dating back to the 1300s. In 1870-72 John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Colburn as:"a town ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zerah Colburn (locomotive Designer)
Zerah Colburn (January 13, 1832 – April 26, 1870) was an American engineer specialising in steam locomotive design, technical journalist and publisher. Career Without any formal schooling, Colburn was a teenage prodigy. Barely in his teens at the start of the railroad boom, he found work in Lowell, Massachusetts as an apprentice in the "drafting room" of the Lowell Machine Shops where America’s first steam locomotives were taking shape. While working among the locomotives Colburn also began to write and before long compiled his first regular newssheet – ''Monthly Mechanical Tracts''. As he moved about the locomotive works of New England gathering experience and an eye for engineering detail, he also produced his first book, ''The Throttle Lever''. Designed as an introduction to the steam locomotive, this became the standard U.S. textbook on building locomotives. It not only took Colburn, then not 20, deeper into the world of publishing, but also earned him wider respect ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Elliot Colburn
Elliot Haydn George Colburn (born 6 August 1992) is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Carshalton and Wallington since the 2019 general election. Colburn also served as councillor for the Cheam ward on Sutton Council from 2018 to 2022. Early life Colburn was born at St Helier Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children in St Helier, London. He grew up in Sutton, London. He attended Carshalton Boys Sports College. He has campaigned for the Conservative Party since the age of 13. Colburn studied politics at Aberystwyth University. He worked as a parliamentary assistant for the Sutton and Cheam MP Paul Scully, and Scotland Secretary Alister Jack. Colburn has also worked as a public affairs officer for South West London Health and Care Partnership. Colburn was a Conservative candidate in the 2014 Sutton Council election for Wallington North ward, and came fourth. In the 2016 referendum on membership of the European Union ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |