Longyear is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Barry B. Longyear
Barry B. Longyear (born May 12, 1942) is an American author who resides in New Sharon, Maine.
Career
Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Longyear is known best for the Hugo- and Nebula Award–winning novella '' Enemy Mine'' (1979, ''Isaac Asimov ...
(born 1942), American science fiction author and screenwriter
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Burton Orange Longyear
Burton Orange Longyear (1868–1969) was an American botanist, forester, and mycologist, specializing in the fungi of Michigan. He was also a gem cutter.
Biography
Born on a farm in Ingham County, Michigan, Burton Longyear moved, at the age of 18, ...
(1868–1969), American botanist and forester
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John Munro Longyear
John Munro Longyear, Sr. (April 15, 1850 – May 28, 1922) was an American businessman and noted developer of timber and mineral lands in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan who became the central figure behind the Arctic Coal Company, which surve ...
(1850–1922), the founder of Longyearbyen
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John W. Longyear
John Wesley Longyear (October 22, 1820 – March 10, 1875) was a United States representative from Michigan and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Education and career
Longyea ...
(1820–1875), U.S. Representative from Michigan
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Judith Q. Longyear (1938–1995), mathematician
See also
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Longyearbyen
Longyearbyen (, locally lɔ̀ŋjɑrˌbyːən "The Longyear Town") is the world's northernmost settlement with a population greater than 1,000 and the largest inhabited area of Svalbard, Norway. It stretches along the foot of the left bank ...
, the largest settlement in Norway's Svalbard archipelago
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Longyear Company
Boart Longyear is an international mineral exploration company founded in 1890 in the United States. It is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, with regional offices and operations in the Asia-Pacific region, North and South America, Europe, a ...
, now known as Boart Longyear
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Longyear River
The Longyear River ( no, Longyearelva) is a river which runs through the Longyear Valley, passing through the town of Longyearbyen and draining into Adventfjorden on the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway
Norway, officially the ...
, a river on the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway
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Longyear Valley
The Longyear Valley ( no, Longyeardalen) is a valley and ravine in Svalbard. It slightly winds WNW ending in Adventfjorden, facing west, the broadest inlet of Spitsbergen, the main landmass. It has a few wind gaps to the south and north-east o ...
, a valley on the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway
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