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Clarkson (other)
Clarkson may refer to: People *Clarkson (surname) Given name *Clarkson Nott Potter (1825–1882), American attorney and politician *Clarkson Frederick Stanfield (1793–1867), English painter Places Australia * Clarkson, Western Australia ** Clarkson railway station, a Transperth station in the suburb Canada * Clarkson, Ontario ** Clarkson GO Station, a station in the GO Transit network located in the community South Africa * Clarkson, Eastern Cape United States * Clarkson, California, a ghost town in California * Clarkson, Kentucky * Clarkson, Maryland * Clarkson, Missouri * Clarkson, Nebraska * Clarkson, New York, a town ** Clarkson (CDP), New York, a census-designated place in the town * Clarkson, Ohio * Clarkson, Oklahoma * Clarkson, Texas Education * Clarkson College, Omaha, Nebraska, US * Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, US Business * Clarkson plc Clarkson PLC, often referred to simply as Clarksons, is a provider of shipping services, and is headquarter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarkson (surname)
Clarkson is a common English surname. Etymology It is derived from a patronymic form of an occupational name. The surname means "son of the clerk", and refers to a scribe or secretary. The surname is derived from the Old English ''clerc'', , which means priest; the Old English words were later reinforced by the Old French form of the word ''clerc''. Both the Old English and Old French words are from the Late Latin ''clericus'', which is derived from the Greek , which is in turn a derivative of ''kleros'', which means "inheritance", "legacy"., which cited: , for the surname "Clarkson". An early instances of the surname in English records is "le Clerkissone", in 1308; "Clerksone", in 1332; and "Clarkson", in 1491.. Persons with the surname *Adrienne Clarkson (born 1939), former Governor General of Canada *Alastair Clarkson (born 1968), Australian rules football coach and former player * A. E. Clarkson (Albert Ernest Clarkson 1876–1936), South Australian businessman * Alison H. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarkson, Missouri
Clarkson is an unincorporated community in Lawrence County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee .... History A post office called Clarkson was established in 1889, and remained in operation until 1903. The community was named after a postal official. References Unincorporated communities in Lawrence County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{LawrenceCountyMO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarkson Plc
Clarkson PLC, often referred to simply as Clarksons, is a provider of shipping services, and is headquartered in London. In 2011, Lloyd's List described the company's shipbroking service as the "undisputed heavyweight of the shipbroking market". It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History The company was founded by Horace Anderton Clarkson in London in 1852. The son of a prosperous lawyer, he invited Leon Benham, a former colleague, to join him in partnership. Benham's son Henry soon joined the business. In the 1850s the business involved sailing ships, but by the 1860s the company was chartering steam ships. In 1872 Clarksons became shipowners with the acquisition of three schooners. The company became the world's largest tanker broker in 1929 when Esso appointed Clarksons as its exclusive shipbroker. The first overseas office opened in New York City in 1954. Offices soon followed in France, Australia and Germany, and in the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarkson University
Clarkson University is a private research university with its main campus in Potsdam, New York, and additional graduate program and research facilities in the New York Capital Region and Beacon, New York. It was founded in 1896 and has an enrollment of about 4,300 students studying toward bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in each of its schools or institutes: the Institute for a Sustainable Environment, the School of Arts & Sciences, the David D. Reh School of Business, the Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering, and the Earl R. and Barbara D. Lewis School of Health Sciences. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity." History The school was founded in 1896, funded by the sisters of Thomas S. Clarkson, a local entrepreneur who was accidentally killed while working in his sandstone quarry not far from Potsdam. When a worker was in danger of being crushed by a loose pump, Clarkson pushed him out of the way risking his own life. Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarkson College
Clarkson College is a private college in Omaha, Nebraska focused on the health sciences. The institution was founded in 1888 by Meliora Clarkson following the death of her husband Bishop Robert Clarkson of the Episcopal Church. It is affiliated with Nebraska Medicine. Total student enrollment was 1,178 in fall 2018. History In 1869, the Omaha Good Samaritan Hospital opened in Omaha, Neb. and seven months later, the hospital was transferred to the care of Bishop Clarkson. After his death in 1884, his wife, Meliora, worked with deaconesses of the Trinity Episcopal Cathedral to establish a training school for nurses within the hospital. The Bishop Clarkson Memorial School of Nursing was established in 1888 as the first training school for nurses in the state of Nebraska with its first class graduating in 1890. In 1902, the Bishop Clarkson Memorial School of Nursing began offering a three-year program, which it maintained for the first half of the twentieth century. After briefly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarkson, Texas
Clarkson is a near-ghost town in Milam County, Texas, United States, northeast of Cameron, with a reported population now of just 10 residents. Located on Farm-to-Market Road 1445, Clarkson's population peaked at 50 in the 1940s, and at that time the town had two schools: a one-teacher school for 43 white students, and a two-teacher school A two-room schoolhouse is a larger version of the one-room schoolhouse, with many of the same characteristics, providing the facility for primary and secondary education in a small community or rural area. While providing the same function as a c ... for 105 black students. Both consolidated with the Cameron Independent School District in the 1950s, as the population dropped. References Ghost towns in Milam County, Texas Ghost towns in Central Texas {{MilamCountyTX-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarkson, Oklahoma
Clarkson was a small community located north of the Cimarron River in Payne County, Oklahoma Territory. Founded by Dunkers (Church of the Brethren), the post office opened January 31, 1890, with Grant T. Johnson as the postmaster. The post office closed February 28, 1903. On January 3, 1894, members of the Doolin Gang held up the community store and post office taking supplies, tobacco, cash, and registered mail. The only remaining trace of the community is the cemetery. References Bibliography *Foreman, Grant"Early Post Offices" ''Chronicles of Oklahoma''. 6:2 (June 1928) 155–162. (accessed March 16, 2007) *Shirk, George H. ''Oklahoma Place Names''. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. . *Shirley, Glenn. ''Gunfight at Ingalls: Death of an Outlaw Town''. Stillwater, Oklahoma: Barbed Wire Press, 1990. External links Clarkson Cemetery—TopoQuest* Geography of Payne County, Oklahoma Ghost towns in Oklahoma {{US-ghost-town-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarkson, Ohio
Clarkson is an unincorporated community in southwestern Middleton Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, United States, clustered around the intersection of Clarkson and Sprucevale roads. For most of the 19th century, until the founding of Negley and Rogers, Clarkson was the most prominent settlement in Middleton Township. History Clarkson was platted in February 1816 by Robert Hanna, who moved there in a conestoga wagon with his wife. It was surveyed by William Heald. Hanna built and resided in a log tavern at the intersection of two roads. This building was later known as the Edward McGinnis tavern. In 1817, James Monroe, while President of the United States, visited his cousin, Catherine Hanna, in Clarkson. A post office was established in Clarkson in 1833 and remained until 1935. By 1879, Clarkson had two churches, three stores, and about 30 houses. An early settler and businessman was Milo Warrick who, in 1840, was a cabinet maker and undertaker in Clarkson. His son, Clement V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarkson (CDP), New York
Clarkson is a census-designated place (CDP) in Monroe County Monroe County may refer to seventeen counties in the United States, all named for James Monroe: * Monroe County, Alabama *Monroe County, Arkansas * Monroe County, Florida * Monroe County, Georgia *Monroe County, Illinois *Monroe County, Indian ..., New York, United States. The population was 4,358 at the 2010 Census. The town is surrounded by the town of the same name, and has an intersection that includes State Routes 19 and 104. Demographics References Census-designated places in Monroe County, New York Census-designated places in New York (state) {{MonroeCountyNY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarkson, New York
Clarkson is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 6,736 at the 2010 census. The town is named after General Matthew Clarkson. The Town of Clarkson is on the western border of the county and is west of the City of Rochester. History General Matthew Clarkson was an extensive landowner in this locality, who gave 100 acres (405,000 m2) to the town. Clarkson was formed from the Town of Murray, on 2 April 1819. Clarkson was reduced to form the Town of Union (the present town of Hamlin) in 1852. It has been claimed that Moddy Freeman was the first settler in Clarkson. James Sayres purchased at Clarkson Corners in 1804 and was the first settler on the Ridge Road. Eli Blodgett also settled here in 1804, and there were many others prior to 1809. In 1819 and a year or two thereafter, settlement and development progressed rapidly. It was the home of Henry R. Seldon, judge of the Court of Appeals, and later lieutenant governor of the State of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarkson, Nebraska
Clarkson is a city in Colfax County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 658 at the 2010 census. History Clarkson was platted in 1886 when it was certain that a new railroad line extended to the site. It was named for T. S. Clarkson, a postal official who helped establish the town's first post office. Geography Clarkson is located at (41.724676, -97.123015). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Clarkson is located in northeast Nebraska, three miles west of the junction of Nebraska Highways 15 and 91. Clarkson lies 35 miles southeast of Norfolk; 35 miles northeast of Columbus; 85 miles northwest of Omaha; and 90 miles northwest of Lincoln. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 658 people, 285 households, and 168 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 342 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 98.3% White, 0.2% Pacific Islan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarkson, Maryland
Clarkson is an unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland, United States. A postal office operated in the community from 14 September 1889 to 31 October 1931. Clarkson was the site of strategic simulations by the U.S. Army in 1922 training manuals. See also Columbia, Maryland Columbia is a census-designated place in Howard County, Maryland. It is one of the principal communities of the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. It is a planned community consisting of 10 self-contained villages. Columbia began with ... References Year of establishment missing Unincorporated communities in Howard County, Maryland Unincorporated communities in Maryland {{HowardCountyMD-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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