Dempster may refer to:
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Dempster (surname) Dempster is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Arthur Jeffrey Dempster, Canadian physicist who discovered the 235U uranium isotope
* Arthur P. Dempster, American mathematician who, with Glenn Shafer, created the Dempster-Sh ...
, a surname
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Dempster Woodworth
Dempster William Woodworth (May 25, 1844 – November 29, 1922) was an American physician, newspaper editor, and politician.
Born in Windham, Portage County, Ohio, Woodworth was educated in the public schools. He went to Hiram College. In 1 ...
, Wisconsin state senator and physician
* Dempster (
deemster
A Deemster ( gv, briw) is a judge in the Isle of Man. The High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man is presided over by a deemster or, in the case of the appeal division of that court, a deemster and the Judge of Appeal. The deemsters also promu ...
) – an official at pre-1746 baronial courts'
moot hill
A moot hill or ''mons placiti'' (statute hill) is a hill or mound historically used as an assembly or meeting place, as a moot hall is a meeting or assembly building, also traditionally to decide local issues. In early medieval Britain, such h ...
s in Scotland.
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Dempster, South Dakota
Dempster is an unincorporated community in Hamlin County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.
History
Dempster was plat
In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. ...
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Dempster Land District
The lands administrative divisions of Western Australia refer to subdivisions of the state of Western Australia for cadastral
A cadastre or cadaster is a comprehensive recording of the real estate or real property's metes-and-bounds of a count ...
, Western Australia
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Dempster Highway
The Dempster Highway, also referred to as Yukon Highway 5 and Northwest Territories Highway 8, is a highway in Canada that connects the Klondike Highway in Yukon to Inuvik, Northwest Territories on the Mackenzie River delta. The highway crosses ...
, a Canadian roadway, in the Yukon and Northwest Territories
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Dempster Street
Dempster Street is a major east-west street in the northern suburbs of Chicago. It is assigned 8800 North in the Chicago address system, being located north of Madison Street.
The road begins at Illinois Route 62 (Algonquin Road) in Mount Pr ...
, a major east–west artery north of Chicago, Illinois, part of which is part of U.S. Route 14
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Dempster (CTA Purple Line station)
Dempster is an 'L' station on the CTA's Purple Line at 1316 Sherman Place in Evanston, Illinois (directional coordinates 1300 north, 800 west).
The current station has been in place since 1910. A 1991 CTA budget crisis almost precipitated th ...
, a Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit station in Evanston, Illinois
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Dempster-Skokie (CTA station), a Chicago Transit Authority rapid transit station in Skokie, Illinois
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Dempster Street station (C&NW)
Dempster Street was a commuter railroad station on the Chicago and North Western Railway's Milwaukee Division, now the Union Pacific / North Line. The station was located at Dempster Street and Sherman Avenue, in Evanston, Illinois. It was adjace ...
, a former commuter rail station in Evanston, Illinois
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Dempster Brothers, Inc. Dempster Brothers, Inc. of Knoxville, Tennessee, was an industrial firm that made waste handling vehicles including the Dempster Dumpmaster and Dempster Dinosaur. The firm was originally established by George Roby Dempster with his brothers Thomas ...
, a Tennessee industrial firm
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Dempster Dumpmaster Dempster Brothers, Inc. of Knoxville, Tennessee, was an industrial firm that made waste handling vehicles including the Dempster Dumpmaster and Dempster Dinosaur. The firm was originally established by George Roby Dempster with his brothers Thomas ...
, a garbage-handling vehicle manufactured by the company
** Dempster Dumpster, a waste receptacle manufactured by the company
* Dempster's brand bread, a product of
Canada Bread
Canada Bread Company, Ltd. is a Canadian producer and distributor of packaged fresh bread and bakery products. The company operates 17 bakeries and employs over 4,800 employees across Canada.
Purchased by Grupo Bimbo (BIMBOA:Mexico) on May 23, 2 ...
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Dempsters Dempsters was a privately held American company that over time produced submersible pumps, windmills and wind energy systems, water systems, recycling trailers, fertilizer equipment, and accessories. Originally named the Dempster Company and then th ...
, a manufacturing company in Nebraska.
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