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Quimby (other)
Quimby may refer to: * Quimby (surname), a list of people and fictional characters * Quimby, Iowa, a small city in the United States * Quimby Island, in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, California, United States * Quimby (band) Quimby is an alternative rock band popular on the Hungarian music scene. Enjoying large crowds across the nation, they have had successes at music festivals such as the Sziget Festival. Together for over 25 years, the band has a large collectio ..., a Hungarian alternative rock band * the title character of '' Quimby the Mouse'', a comic strip created by Chris Ware * Quimby Pipe Organs, an American company founded 1970 * Quimby College, former name of Southwestern College (Santa Fe, New Mexico), also Quimby Metaphysical Library and Quimby Memorial Library See also * Quimby House (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quimby (surname)
Quimby is an English surname derived from a toponym such as Quenby. (undated) International Surname Database Retrieved May 21, 2010. Notable people with the surname include: * Althea G. Quimby (1858-1942), American temperance leader * (1933–2010), American college basketball player * Bill Quimby (1936–2018), American author, columnist, editor and publisher * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quimby, Iowa
Quimby is a city in Cherokee County, Iowa, United States. The population was 249 at the time of the 2020 census. Geography Quimby is located at (42.629770, -95.642846). It is situated near the Little Sioux River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 319 people, 135 households, and 95 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 152 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 99.4% White and 0.6% Asian. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.3% of the population. There were 135 households, of which 25.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.8% were married couples living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 29.6% were non-families. 25.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.8% had someone living a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quimby Island
Quimby Island is a small island in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, whose coordinates are . It is in Contra Costa County ) of the San Francisco Bay , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1 = State , subdivision_name1 = California , subdivision_type2 ..., and managed by Reclamation District 2090. References Islands of Contra Costa County, California Islands of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta Islands of Northern California {{ContraCostaCountyCA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quimby (band)
Quimby is an alternative rock band popular on the Hungarian music scene. Enjoying large crowds across the nation, they have had successes at music festivals such as the Sziget Festival. Together for over 25 years, the band has a large collection of studio albums and one live CD/DVD combo to their credit. Band history Roots The band originated in the industrial town of Dunaújváros under the name 'Október', playing covers. By the end of high school, the band dispersed. The Kiss brothers, Tibor and Endre, got another group together in 1991, and renamed it 'Quimby'. 1991 to 1995: Saloon start - ''Jerrycan Dance'' In 1992 the band's first cassette entitled ''Up Side Down'' was released, featuring English-language tunes such as "Sea," "Stink," "I Give You My Shoes," "Up Side Down," "Never Get By," and "Policeman". The band's style was compared to the chansons and cabaret songs from the period between the World Wars. The band played at pubs in Pest. By 1993 the personnel cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quimby The Mouse
''Quimby the Mouse'' was created by Chris Ware while he attended the University of Texas at Austin from 1990 to 1991 (some of the strip was written from 1992 to 1993) The strip originally appeared in the student paper, ''The Daily Texan''. The strip follows that of a seemingly depressed cartoon mouse, modeled after Felix the Cat and Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse is an animated cartoon Character (arts), character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. The longtime mascot of The Walt Disney Company, Mickey is an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic mouse who typically wears red sho .... Quimby constantly questions himself and wonders where he fits in. Chris Ware unusually advises readers on the first page to not buy the book, as he considers it to be not up to the same standard as his current work. The type of writing found in the strip is very typical of Ware, and the strip rarely contains a standard punch line. References Comics by Chris Ware {{Comic-strip- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quimby Pipe Organs
{{No footnotes, date=December 2021 Quimby Pipe Organs, Inc. is an American builder of pipe organs, based in Warrensburg, Missouri. The firm was founded in 1970 by Michael Quimby, President and Tonal Director, and incorporated in the State of Missouri in 1980. The company has built and restored organs throughout the United States, including the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (New York City), St. Paul's Cathedral (San Diego), St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church (Palm Desert, CA), and Catalina United Methodist Church (Tucson, Arizona). Along with building new instruments and restorations, Quimby Pipe Organs maintains and tunes instruments in the Midwest and across the country. Quimby Pipe Organs is a member firm of APOBA, the Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America, and co-sponsors the American Guild of Organists The American Guild of Organists (AGO) is an international organization of academic, church, and concert organists in the US, headquartered in New York City with its a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southwestern College (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
Southwestern College is a private graduate institution in Santa Fe, New Mexico that specializes in counseling and art therapy. It is the only college or university in the state of New Mexico to offer a Master's Degree in Art Therapy. History Southwestern College traces its roots to the Quimby Metaphysical Library, a library which has a large collection of religious and metaphysical books, and manuscripts of American transcendentalist and the Father of the New Thought Movement, Phineas Parkhurst Quimby. The library was founded by Neva Dell Hunter in 1945 in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The library was eventually known as Quimby Memorial Library. The school's vision, mission, philosophy, and programs are also influenced by Rudolf Steiner, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alice Bailey, perennial wisdom traditions, and Hindu scriptures. In 1976, the center was rededicated as Quimby College by Robert Waterman, with Hunter as the guest of honor. Hunter's ideas were used by Waterman in founding the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |