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Clifford (name) Clifford is both a toponymic surname of English origin and a given name deriving from it. It originated in several English placenames meaning "ford by a cliff". People Given name *Clifford Andrews (1912–1973), English athlete in cricket *Cliffo ...
, an English given name and surname, includes a list of people with that name *
William Kingdon Clifford William Kingdon Clifford (4 May 18453 March 1879) was an English mathematician and philosopher. Building on the work of Hermann Grassmann, he introduced what is now termed geometric algebra, a special case of the Clifford algebra named in his ...
* Baron Clifford *
Baron Clifford of Chudleigh Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, of Chudleigh in the County of Devon, is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1672 for Thomas Clifford. The title was created as "Clifford of Chudleigh" rather than simply "Clifford" to differentiate ...
* Baron de Clifford *
Clifford baronets There have been two baronetcies created for a person with the surname Clifford. The Clifford Baronetcy, of the Navy, was created for Augustus William James Clifford, the illegitimate son of the 5th Duke of Devonshire (as son of the 6th Barone ...
* Clifford family (bankers) * Jaryd Clifford * Justice Clifford (disambiguation) * Lord Clifford (disambiguation)


Arts, entertainment, and media

*'' Clifford the Big Red Dog'', a series of children's books **
Clifford (character) Clifford is the title character and the main protagonist of the ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'' book series, written by Norman Bridwell and originally published in 1963, and the television series of the same name. ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'' is b ...
, the central character of ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'' ** ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'' (2000 TV series), 2000 animated TV series **'' Clifford's Puppy Days'', 2003 animated TV series **''
Clifford's Really Big Movie ''Clifford's Really Big Movie'' is a 2004 American animated adventure comedy film based on the PBS Kids TV series ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'', itself an adaptation of the book series of the same name by Norman Bridwell. This film was directed by ...
'', 2004 animated movie ** ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'' (2019 TV series), 2019 animated TV series ** ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'' (film), 2021 live-action movie * ''Clifford'' (film), a 1994 film directed by Paul Flaherty * Clifford (Muppet)


Mathematics

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Clifford algebra In mathematics, a Clifford algebra is an algebra generated by a vector space with a quadratic form, and is a unital associative algebra. As -algebras, they generalize the real numbers, complex numbers, quaternions and several other hyperc ...
, a type of associative algebra, named after William Kingdon Clifford * Clifford analysis, a mathematical study of Dirac operators *
Clifford module In mathematics, a Clifford module is a representation of a Clifford algebra. In general a Clifford algebra ''C'' is a central simple algebra over some field extension ''L'' of the field ''K'' over which the quadratic form ''Q'' defining ''C'' is d ...
, a mathematical representation *
Clifford theory In mathematics, Clifford theory, introduced by , describes the relation between representations of a group and those of a normal subgroup. Alfred H. Clifford Alfred H. Clifford proved the following result on the restriction of finite-dimensional ...
, dealing with representations, named after Alfred H. Clifford *
Clifford torus In geometric topology, the Clifford torus is the simplest and most symmetric flat embedding of the cartesian product of two circles ''S'' and ''S'' (in the same sense that the surface of a cylinder is "flat"). It is named after William Kingdo ...
, a figure in geometric topology * Clifford's theorem, any of several mathematical derivations


Places


Australia

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Clifford, Queensland Clifford is a rural locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_n ...
, a locality in the Western Downs Region


Canada

* Clifford, Ontario


England

* Clifford, Devon, a location *
Clifford, Herefordshire Clifford is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, and to the north of Hay-on-Wye. It lies on the south bank of the River Wye, which here forms the border between Wales and England. The village sits on the B4350 road. The civi ...
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Clifford (ward) Clifford is an electoral ward of Trafford, Greater Manchester, covering most of the Old Trafford area of Stretford. It is the north-easternmost ward of Trafford and is bordered to the west by the Longford and Gorse Hill wards. Councillors Sin ...
, Greater Manchester *
Clifford, West Yorkshire Clifford is a small village in West Yorkshire, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 1,662. The village is south of Wetherby. Many of the older buildings are built of magnesian limestone. Etymology The name ''Clifford'' is first atte ...
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Clifford Chambers Clifford Chambers is a village and former civil parish two miles south of Stratford-upon-Avon town centre, in Warwickshire, England. It is on the B4632 road and one mile south of the A3400. It consists of 150 houses and the population of the par ...
, Warwickshire


United States

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Clifford, Indiana Clifford is a town in Flat Rock Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States. The population was 233 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Columbus, Indiana metropolitan statistical area. History Clifford was founded in . The first post ...
* Clifford, Michigan * Clifford, Missouri * Clifford, North Dakota * Clifford, Pennsylvania * Clifford, Virginia, a community in
Amherst County Amherst County is a county, located in the Piedmont region and near the center of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The county is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area, and its county seat is also named Amherst. ...
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Clifford, Wisconsin Clifford is an unincorporated community in Lincoln, Oneida, and Price counties, Wisconsin, United States. Clifford is located in the towns of Somo in Lincoln County, Lynne in Oneida County, and Knox in Price County. The community is located on ...
* Clifford Township, Butler County, Kansas


Structures

* Clifford Castle, a castle in the village of Clifford, England * Clifford House (Eustis, Florida), a historic house in the US state of Florida * Clifford International School, an international school in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China *
Clifford Pier Clifford Pier was a former pier located beside Collyer Quay at Marina Bay within the Downtown Core of the Central Area, Singapore. The pier, which opened in 1933, ceased operations in 2006. In 2008 the site was converted into a restaurant, One ...
, a pier in Singapore * Clifford's Inn, a London (England) Inn of Chancery *
Clifford's Tower York Castle is a fortified complex in the city of York, England. It consists of a sequence of castles, prisons, law courts and other buildings, which were built over the last nine centuries on the south side of the River Foss. The now-ruined ...
, the previously-used name of York Castle in England * Clifford-Warren House, a historic house in the US state of Massachusetts


Other uses

*''Clifford'', a New Zealand Company chartered sailing ship *
Clifford Chance Clifford Chance LLP is an international law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom, and a member of the "Magic Circle", a group of London-based multinational law firms. It ranks as one of top ten largest law firms in the world measured bo ...
, an international attorney firm headquartered in London, England *
Clifford (horse) Clifford (1890–1917) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2014. Background Clifford was a dark bay or brown horse with a white spot on his right cheek that was perceived ...
, a world champion racehorse in the late 19th century {{disambiguation, geo