Lawrence may refer to:
Education
Colleges and universities
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Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States
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Lawrence University
Lawrence University is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Appleton, Wisconsin. Founded in 1847, its first classes were held on November 12, 1849. Lawrence was the second college in the U.S. to be founded as a coeducati ...
, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
Preparatory & high schools
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Lawrence Academy at Groton
Lawrence Academy at Groton is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational college preparatory boarding school located in Groton, Massachusetts, in the United States. Founded in 1792 by a group of fifty residents of Groton and Pepperell, Massachusett ...
, a preparatory school in Groton, Massachusetts, United States
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Lawrence College, Ghora Gali
Lawrence College Ghora Gali is a school situated in Murree Tehsil, Punjab, Pakistan. The college is located in the foothills of the Himalayas and Pir Panjal at a height of about 1950 metres (6395 feet) above sea level, covering an area of . It ...
, a high school in Pakistan
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Lawrence School, Lovedale
The Lawrence School, Lovedale (formerly known as Lawrence Memorial Royal Military School), the namesake of its founder Brigadier-General Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence KCB, is a co-educational boarding school located at Lovedale, which is a li ...
, a high school in India
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The Lawrence School, Sanawar
The Lawrence School, Sanawar, is the oldest Co-Ed boarding school in the world near Solan city. Established in 1847, its history, influence, and wealth have made it one of the most prestigious and oldest schools in Asia.
It is located in the ...
, a high school in India
Research laboratories
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States
People
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Lawrence (given name)
Lawrence is a masculine given name. It is an Anglicisation of the French '' Laurent'', which is in turn derived from the Latin ''Laurentius'' or Old Greek ''Lavrenti''. Pet forms of ''Lawrence'' include ''Larry'' and ''Lawrie''.
People Christian ...
, including a list of people with the name
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Lawrence (surname) Lawrence is an English-language surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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* Abbott Lawrence (1792–1855), a noted merchant and founder of Lawrence, Massachusetts
* Abbott Lawrence, US representative from Massachusetts
* Abraham ...
, including a list of people with the name
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Lawrence (band)
Lawrence is a US-based soul-pop group founded by New York City-raised sibling duo Clyde and Gracie Lawrence, who have been singing, performing, and writing songs together since their early childhood. Today, Lawrence is an eight-piece band that ...
, an American soul-pop group
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Lawrence (judge royal)
Lawrence ( hu, Lőrinc; died after 1180) was a nobleman in the Kingdom of Hungary, who served as Judge royal ( la, curialis comes) between 1164 and 1172, during the reign of Stephen III of Hungary.
He was loyal to Géza II of Hungary as, accordi ...
(died after 1180), Hungarian nobleman, Judge royal 1164–1172
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Lawrence (musician)
Lawrence Hayward (born 12 August 1961) is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is known as the frontman in the English indie pop bands Felt, Denim, and Mozart Estate (formerly Go-Kart Mozart). He has never used his surname in credit ...
, Lawrence Hayward (born 1961), British musician
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Saint Lawrence (died 258), deacon and Roman Catholic saint, born in Spain
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Lawrence I (bishop of Milan)
Lawrence I ( la, Laurentius, it, Lorenzo) was Archbishop of Milan from 490 to c. 511. He is honoured as a saint in the Catholic Church and his feast day is July 25.
Life
Most of the information we have about this bishop are due to the writing ...
, bishop of Milan from 490 to c. 511, Roman Catholic saint
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Lawrence, Archbishop of Split Lawrence (Latin: ''Laurentinus''; Croatian: ''Lovro Dalmatinac''; died 8 July 1099) was a benedictine monk and Archbishop of Split (1060-1099). He first served as a bishop of Osor, but had to withdraw because of his reformist stances. In 1060, he w ...
(died 1099), Benedictine monk and Archbishop of Split 1060–1099
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Brother Lawrence
Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection, OCD (c. 1614 – 12 February 1691) served as a lay brother in a Carmelite monastery in Paris. Christians commonly remember him for the intimacy he expressed concerning his relationship to God as recorded in ...
(died 1691), Carmelite friar
Places
Australia
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Lawrence, New South Wales
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Lawrence Rocks
The Lawrence Rocks are a group of two rocky islets, 6.8 ha and 1.5 ha in area, with an associated reef, 2.4 km south-east of Point Danger in western Victoria, Australia, and about 6 km south-east of the city of Portland. ...
, Victoria, Australia
United States
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Lawrence, Illinois
Lawrence is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Chemung Township, McHenry County, Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolita ...
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Lawrence, Indiana
Lawrence is a city in Marion County, Indiana, United States. It is one of four " excluded cities" in Marion County. The city is home to Fort Benjamin Harrison within Fort Harrison State Park. The population was 46,001 at the 2010 census. The ci ...
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Lawrence, Kansas
Lawrence is the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas, Douglas County, Kansas, United States, and the sixth-largest city in the state. It is in the northeastern sector of the state, astride Interstate 70, between the Kansas River, Kansas and Waka ...
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Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, formerly known as Lawrence
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Lawrence, Massachusetts
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Lawrence, Michigan
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Lawrence, Minnesota
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Lawrence, Mississippi
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Lawrence, Nebraska
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Lawrence Brook, New Jersey
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Lawrence, Nassau County, New York, a village
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Lawrence, St. Lawrence County, New York
Lawrence is a town in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The population was 1,715 at the 2020 census. The town is named after William Lawrence, an early land owner.
The Town of Lawrence is on the eastern border of the county and is e ...
, a town
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Lawrence, Pennsylvania
Lawrence is a census-designated place located in Cecil Township, Washington County in the state of Pennsylvania. The community is a Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county ...
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Lawrence, Texas
Lawrence is an unincorporated community in Kaufman County, located in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 279 in 2000. It is located within the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.
History
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Lawrence, Utah
Lawrence is an unincorporated community in northwestern Emery County, Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its n ...
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Lawrence, Washington
Lawrence is an unincorporated community in Whatcom County, in the U.S. state of Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
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Lawrence, Brown County, Wisconsin
Lawrence is a town in Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 6,306 as of the 2020 census, up from 4,284 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated community of Little Rapids is located in the town.
Geography
The town of Law ...
, a town
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Lawrence, Marquette County, Wisconsin :''There is also the Town of Westfield in Sauk County.''
Westfield is a town located in Marquette County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 689. The Village of Westfield is located mostly within the town. The ...
, an unincorporated community
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Lawrence, Rusk County, Wisconsin
Lawrence is a town in Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 240 at the 2000 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 47.7 square miles (123.6 km2), all land.
Demog ...
, a town
Other places
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Lawrence (electoral district)
Lawrence was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created prior to the 1987 provincial election from the parts of York South, Downsview, Wilson Heights and Armourdale and eliminated in 1996, when it was split between the ridings of ...
, Ontario, Canada
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Lawrence Pond
Conception Bay South is a town located on the southern shore of Conception Bay on the Avalon Peninsula of the island of Newfoundland, Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The town is commonly called C.B.S. Conception Bay South is the ...
, a community in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland, Canada
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Lawrence, New Zealand
Lawrence is a small town in Otago, in New Zealand's South Island. It is located on State Highway 8, the main route from Dunedin to the inland towns of Queenstown and Alexandra. It lies 35 kilometres to the northwest of Milton, 11 kilometres no ...
Ships
* , a brig which acted as Commodore Oliver Perry's flagship
* , a brig decommissioned in 1846
* , a 400-ton ''Bainbridge''-class destroyer commissioned in 1903 and serving until 1920
* , a ''Clemson''-class destroyer, serving from 1921 to 1945
* , a ''Charles F. Adams''-class destroyer commissioned in 1962, and serving through 1994
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''Lawrence'' (schooner), a schooner launched in 1756
Transport
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Lawrence (Amtrak station)
Lawrence station is a train station in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, served by Amtrak's ''Southwest Chief'' train. The Lawrence station was built in 1956 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway to replace the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Stat ...
, Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.
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Lawrence (Caltrain station)
Lawrence station is a Caltrain commuter rail station in Sunnyvale, California. The station has four tracks with side platforms serving the outer tracks.
The original Lawrence station was built by the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad
The Sa ...
in Santa Clara, California, U.S.
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Lawrence (MBTA station)
The Senator Patricia McGovern Transportation Center, also known as the McGovern Transportation Center or simply Lawrence station, is a transit station in Lawrence, Massachusetts. It serves the MBTA Commuter Rail's Haverhill Line. The modern sta ...
in Lawrence (near Boston), Massachusetts, U.S.
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Lawrence Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Lawrence station (Toronto)
Lawrence is a subway station on Line 1 Yonge–University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located under Yonge Street at Lawrence Avenue, in the Bedford Park, Lawrence Park and Lytton Park neighbourhoods.
Description
The station is on four l ...
, a Lawrence Avenue subway station
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Lawrence West station
Lawrence West is a subway station on Line 1 Yonge–University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the median of William R. Allen Road at Lawrence Avenue West. The station serves the local communities of Lawrence Heights, Lawrence M ...
, a Lawrence Avenue subway station
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Lawrence East station
Lawrence East is a rapid transit station on Line 3 Scarborough of the Toronto subway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The station is located underneath the elevated portion of Lawrence Avenue East, in the Midland Avenue and Kennedy Road corridor. I ...
, a Lawrence Avenue subway station
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Lawrence station (CTA)
Lawrence is a temporarily closed 'L' station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Red Line. It is an elevated station located at 1117 West Lawrence Avenue in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The adjacent stations are Argyle, locate ...
, a rapid transit station in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Other uses
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Lawrence (crater)
Lawrence is a lunar impact crater that is located on a section of terrain to the east of Mare Tranquillitatis and northwest of Mare Fecunditatis. It was named after American physicist and Nobel laureate Ernest Lawrence and American astronaut Robe ...
, a lunar impact crater
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The Lawrence
''The Lawrence'', founded 1881, is the third oldest high school newspaper and the newspaper of The Lawrenceville School. Published weekly, ''The Lawrence'' acts as a forum for the school community, both on and off-campus. It consists of 5 sections ...
'', a newspaper founded 1881
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Lawrence v. Texas
''Lawrence v. Texas'', 539 U.S. 558 (2003), is a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that most sanctions of criminal punishment for consensual, adult non- procreative sexual activity (commonly referred to as so ...
, a major Supreme Court of the United States decision
See also
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Larry (disambiguation) Larry is a masculine given name. It may also refer to:
* Cyclone Larry, a cyclone that caused extensive damage in Australia in 2006
* Tropical Storm Larry (2003), which struck Mexico
* Lionel Larry (born 1986), American sprinter
* Wendy Larry ( ...
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Laurence
Laurence is an English and French given name (usually female in French and usually male in English). The English masculine name is a variant of Lawrence and it originates from a French form of the Latin ''Laurentius'', a name meaning "man from ...
, a given name and surname
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Laurens (disambiguation) Laurens may refer to:
Places
United States
* Laurens County, Georgia
* Laurens, Iowa, a city
* Laurens (town), New York
* Laurens (village), New York
* Laurens, South Carolina, a city
* Laurens County, South Carolina
* Fort Laurens, an Amer ...
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Lawrance (disambiguation) Lawrance may refer to
*Lawrance Aero Engine Company
*Lawrance Garden, former name of Bagh-e-Jinnah, a garden in Lahore, Pakistan
People with the given name
*Lawrance Collingwood CBE (1887–1982), English conductor, composer and record producer
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Lawrence Academy (disambiguation) Lawrence Academy may refer to:
* Lawrence Academy (Groton, Massachusetts)
Lawrence Academy at Groton is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational college preparatory boarding school located in Groton, Massachusetts, in the United States. Founded i ...
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Lawrence County (disambiguation) Lawrence County is the name of eleven counties in the United States.
All but the one in South Dakota were named for the U.S. naval hero of the War of 1812, Captain James Lawrence.
* Lawrence County, Alabama
* Lawrence County, Arkansas
* Lawrence ...
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Lawrence Station (disambiguation) Lawrence Station can refer to:
In places:
*Lawrence Station, New Brunswick, Canada
* Lawrence Station, New Jersey, USA
In transportation:
*Lawrence station (CTA), a Chicago "L" station
* Lawrence station (Kansas), an Amtrak station in Lawrence, Ka ...
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Lawrence Township (disambiguation) Lawrence Township may refer to:
Arkansas
* Lawrence Township, Lawrence County, Arkansas, in Lawrence County, Arkansas
Illinois
* Lawrence Township, Lawrence County, Illinois
Indiana
* Lawrence Township, Marion County, Indiana
Kansas
* Lawren ...
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Lawrie (name)
Lawrie is a (patronymic or paternal) family name of Scottish origin which means "crafty." Variants of which include: Laurie, Lorrie, Larry, Laury, Lawry and Lowrie. It is also used as a given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Lawrence (given ...
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Lawrenceburg (disambiguation) Lawrenceburg is the name of several places in the United States of America:
*Lawrenceburg, Indiana
* Lawrenceburg, Kentucky
* Lawrenceburg, Missouri
*Lawrenceburg, Tennessee
*Lawrenceburg, Pennsylvania, a village of Parker, Pennsylvania
See also
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Lawrenceville (disambiguation) Lawrenceville is the name of several places:
;United States:
*Lawrenceville, former name of Alleene, Arkansas
*Lawrenceville, Georgia
*Lawrenceville, Illinois
* Lawrenceville, Indiana
*Lawrenceville, New Jersey
**The Lawrenceville School
* Lawrencev ...
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Saint Lawrence (disambiguation) Saint Lawrence (225–258) was a Christian martyr.
Saint Lawrence or Saint Laurence may also refer to:
Saints
* Laurence of Siponto (died c. 545), bishop of Siponto in Italy
* Laurence of Canterbury (died 619), second Archbishop of Canterbur ...
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