Fordham may refer to:
Education
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Fordham Preparatory School
Fordham Preparatory School (also known as Fordham Prep) is an American private, Jesuit, boys' college-preparatory school located on the Rose Hill campus of Fordham University in the Bronx, New York City.
From its founding in 1841 until 1970, the ...
, an all-male, Jesuit high school in New York City
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Fordham University
Fordham University () is a Private university, private Jesuit universities, Jesuit research university in New York City. Established in 1841 and named after the Fordham, Bronx, Fordham neighborhood of the The Bronx, Bronx in which its origina ...
, a Jesuit university in New York City
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Fordham Rams
The Fordham Rams are the varsity sports teams for Fordham University. Their colors are maroon and white. The Fordham Rams are members of NCAA Division I and compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference for most sports. In football, the Rams play in t ...
, athletic teams of the above university
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Fordham University School of Law, a law school of the above university
Geography
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Fordham, Bronx
Fordham is a neighborhood located in the western Bronx, New York City. Fordham is roughly bordered by East 196th Street to the north, Webster Avenue to the east, Burnside Avenue to the south, and Jerome Avenue to the west. The neighborhood's prima ...
, New York, United States
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Fordham Road, a major street in the above neighborhood
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Fordham (Metro-North station), a railway station in the above neighborhood
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Fordham, Pennsylvania Fordham is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
History
A post office was established at Fordham in 1893, and closed the next year in 1894.
Notable person
Steve Harrick, head football coach at West ...
, an unincorporated community
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Fordham, Wisconsin
Fordham is a ghost town in the town of Preston, Adams County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Mi ...
, United States, a ghost town
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Fordham, Cambridgeshire
Fordham is a village in rural Cambridgeshire, England. Fordham is part of the East Cambridgeshire district. It is four miles north of Newmarket, as well as being close to the settlements of Soham, Burwell, Isleham, Mildenhall and Chippenham.
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, England
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Fordham, Essex
Fordham is a village and civil parish in the Colchester district of the English county of Essex, six miles north-west of the town of Colchester. Its population was recorded as 835 in the 2011 Census and estimated at 823 in 2019. The parish inclu ...
, England
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Fordham, Norfolk
Fordham is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is located north of Downham Market and west of Norwich, located along the A10 between London and King's Lynn and close to the confluence of the River Wis ...
, England
Architecture
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The Fordham
The Fordham is one of the tallest residential buildings in Chicago. The 52-story building was completed in 2003 at a height of 574 ft (175 m) and features a château
A château (; plural: châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the ...
, a skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois
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Chicago Spire
The Chicago Spire was a skyscraper project in Chicago that was partially built between 2007 and 2008 before being cancelled. Located at 400 N. Lake Shore Drive, it would have stood high with 150 floors and been the tallest building in the Weste ...
(originally proposed as ''Fordham Spire''), a cancelled supertall skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois
Ships
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HMS ''Fordham'', a Royal Navy Ham class minesweeper
* , a ship which was converted into a minesweeper during World War II
Other
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Fordham (surname) Fordham is an English surname. The name "Fordham" derives from the Anglo-Saxon (Old English) words ''ford'', meaning a ford, and ''ham ', which means a low-lying meadow by a source of water. Taken together, the name means a ford by a settlement or ...
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Fordham Company
The Fordham Company is a real estate development company founded in 1988 and based out of Chicago, Illinois. The company's chairman is Christopher T. Carley.Fordham Company. (2006 February 1). ''About Us''. Retrieved February 11, 2007, from ht ...
, a real estate development firm based in Chicago, Illinois
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Fordham Hospital
Fordham Hospital was the first public hospital in the Bronx, New York City, having opened in 1892. Prior to that time, all the New York City municipal hospitals were in Manhattan. It was located in the Fordham section of the Bronx on Valentine Av ...
, a former hospital in Fordham, Bronx
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Thomas B. Fordham Institute
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute is an ideologically conservative American nonprofit education policy think tank, with offices in Washington, D.C., Columbus, Ohio, and Dayton, Ohio. The institute supports and publishes research on education polic ...
, a nonprofit education policy organization
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Fordham Experiment, an experiment on The Effects of Television in 1967 or 1968 at Fordham University
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Fordham (horse)
Fordham (30 March 1975 – after 1987) was an American-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. As three-year-old in 1978 he won two minor races before recording his first important victory in the Cumberland Lodge Stakes. In the ...
, a Thoroughbred racehorse
See also
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