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Earlham can refer to the following places: *Earlham, Norfolk, England **Earlham Hall, a historic house in Norfolk, England **Earlham Road, Norwich, England *Earlham, Iowa, United States *Earlham College, a liberal arts college in Richmond, Indiana, United States *Earlham Institute, a research institute in genomics and bioinformatics in Norfolk, England *Earlham Cemetery, a historic cemetery adjacent to Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, United States {{Disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earlham Hall
Earlham Hall is a country house in Norfolk, England. It is located just to the west of the city of Norwich, on Earlham Road, on the outskirts of the village of Earlham. For generations it was the home of the Gurney family. The Gurneys were known as bankers and social activists; prison reformer Elizabeth Fry grew up at Earlham Hall. When the University of East Anglia was founded in 1963, the building became its administrative centre, and it now serves as the law school. History Earlham Hall was built in 1642 by Robert Houghton. By the eighteenth century it was occupied by Nockold Tompson, a brewer who was Mayor of Norwich in 1759–60. When he farmed at Earlham Hall his crop-yield experiments were praised by Arthur Young in his ''Farmer's Calendar'' of 1771. Also in the eighteenth century it was in the ownership of the Bacon family; Edward Bacon M.P. built a "handsome, long, and lofty" dining room. He died in 1786 and ownership descended to a Mr Bacon Frank of Campsall in Yorks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earlham Road
Earlham Road (the B1108 road, B1108) is a road in Norwich, England, linking the city centre to the area of Earlham to the west of the city and the Norwich southern bypass (A47 road, A47) beyond. Details The road formerly marked the northern limit of the Golden Triangle (Norwich), Golden Triangle, a prime residential area of southwest Norwich. The term has since been expanded by local Estate Agent (United Kingdom), estate agents to include most of the southern region of the city within the outer ring road. At the city end of Earlham Road lies the Roman Catholic St John the Baptist Cathedral, Norwich, Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, a dominant Neo-Gothic building built as a church in 1882 and designed by brothers George Gilbert Scott Junior and John Oldrid Scott. Almost directly opposite lies the city's only synagogue. Nearby is St. Thomas's Church of England parish church, at the bottom of Edinburgh Road and Caernarvon Road. The stretch of road between the city centre and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earlham, Iowa
Earlham is a city in Madison County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,410 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Earlham was laid out in 1869 when the railroad was extended to that point. It was named after Earlham College, a Quaker college in Richmond, Indiana. Earlham was incorporated on April 26, 1870. Geography Earlham is located at (41.493137, -94.123661). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 1,450 people, 544 households, and 389 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 571 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 98.3% White, 0.1% African American, 0.5% Asian, 0.2% from other races, and 0.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.8% of the population. There were 544 househol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earlham College
Earlham College is a private liberal arts college in Richmond, Indiana. The college was established in 1847 by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and has a strong focus on Quaker values such as integrity, a commitment to peace and social justice, mutual respect, and community decision-making. It offers a Master of Arts in Teaching and has an affiliated graduate seminary, the Earlham School of Religion, which offers three master's degrees: Master of Divinity, Master of Ministry, and Master of Arts in Religion. History Earlham was founded in 1847 as a boarding high school for the religious education of Quaker adolescents. In 1859, Earlham became Earlham College, upon the addition of collegiate academics. At this time, Earlham was the third Quaker college in the United States (Haverford College was first, Guilford College the second), and the second U.S. institution of higher education to be coeducational (Oberlin College was first). Though the college initially admitted onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earlham Institute
Earlham Institute (EI, formerly The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC)) is a life science research institute located at the Norwich Research Park (NRP), Norwich, England. EI's research is focused on exploring living systems by applying computational science and biotechnology to answer ambitious biological questions and generate enabling resources. History The institute was established by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council in partnership with East of England Development Agency (EEDA), Norfolk County Council, Norwich City Council, South Norfolk Council and the Greater Norwich Development Partnership. It cost £13.5 million, and was built by Morgan Sindall. It was officially opened on 3 July 2009 by John Sulston, winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, and former Director of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, another genomics research institution. In early June 2011, it unveiled a supercomputer on its site that has the most powerful pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
