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Cabot Square, Canary Wharf - June 2008
Cabot may refer to: Businesses * Cabot Corporation, an American chemicals company * Cabot Creamery, an American dairy cooperative Fictional characters * Alexandra Cabot, in the ''Law & Order'' universe * Leigh Cabot, from Stephen King's 1983 novel ''Christine'' * Rosanna Cabot, in the soap opera ''As the World Turns'' * Tarl Cabot, protagonist of '' Gor'' novels * William Cabot, in the film '' The Sum of All Fears'' * Ephraim Cabot, in the play ''Desire Under the Elms'' by Eugene O'Neill People * Cabot family, of the Boston Brahmins, or "first families of Boston" * Bruce Cabot (1904–1972), American actor * Dolce Ann Cabot (1862–1943), New Zealand journalist, newspaper editor, feminist and teacher * John Cabot (c. 1450 – c. 1499), Italian navigator and explorer, father of Sebastian Cabot * Godfrey Lowell Cabot (1861-1962), American industrialist who founded the Cabot Corporation * George Cabot (1752–1823), American merchant, seaman, and politician * John Moors Cabot (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabot Corporation
Cabot Corporation is an American specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The company operates in over 20 countries with 36 manufacturing plants, eight research and development facilities and 28 sales offices. History Cabot Corporation was founded by Godfrey Lowell Cabot in 1882 when he applied for a patent for a "carbon black making apparatus". The company incorporated in the state of Delaware in 1960. In 1993, a team of Cabot researchers developed a process for modifying the surface of carbon, allowing chemists and researchers to prepare surface modified carbon black products with properties never before associated with carbon materials. This breakthrough led to the development of new technologies and products including aqueous inkjet colorants, for printer ink the basis of Cabot's Inkjet Colorants business unit, which was founded in 1996. In 2003, Cabot developed a commercialized process that allows continuous production o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Cabot (actor)
Charles Sebastian Thomas Cabot (6 July 1918 – 23 August 1977) was a British actor. He is best remembered as the gentleman's gentleman, Giles French, opposite Brian Keith's character, William "Uncle Bill" Davis, in the CBS-TV sitcom ''Family Affair'' (1966–1971). He was also known for playing the Wazir in the film '' Kismet'' (1955) and Dr. Carl Hyatt in the CBS-TV series ''Checkmate'' (1960–1962). Cabot was also a voice performer in many Disney animated films. He made one of his first contributions in '' The Sword in the Stone'' (1963), as both the narrator and Lord Ector. He later played Bagheera in ''The Jungle Book'' (1967). His longest-standing role came through the ''Winnie the Pooh'' series, in which he narrated ''Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree'' (1966), ''Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day'' (1968), ''Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too'' (1974), and ''The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh'' (1977). Early life Charles Sebastian Thomas Cabot was born on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabot (village), Vermont
Cabot is an unincorporated village and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Cabot in Washington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 235 at the 2020 census. Cabot Village contains a general store, hardware store, gas station, post office, public school (Pre-K through 12), restaurant, a fraternal hall, and a church. Formerly an incorporated village, Cabot disincorporated at the end of 2010 and reverted to the town of Cabot. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.9 km2), all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 239 people, 91 households, and 65 families residing in the village. The population density was 212.2 people per square mile (81.7/km2). There were 95 housing units at an average density of 84.4/sq mi (32.5/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 92.47% White, 0.42% Black or African American, 0.84% from other races, and 6.28% from two or more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabot, Vermont
Cabot is a New England town located in the northeast corner of Washington County, Vermont, Washington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,443 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It contains the unincorporated villages of Cabot (village), Vermont, Cabot Village, Cabot Plains, South Cabot, East Cabot, Molly's Pond (named after Molly, the wife of Indian Joe), and Lower Cabot. Cabot contains several ponds and dairy farms. It is the location of the Cabot Creamery, a producer and national distributor of dairy products, especially known for their cheddar cheese. History The town was named by settler Lyman Hitchcock after his wife, Sophia Cabot (no relation to Venetian explorers John and Sebastian Cabot). Lyman Hitchcock became in 1788 the first town clerk of Cabot. By actual count, three hundred men from Cabot were eligible to serve during the American Civil War, Civil War. One hundred forty-five (48%) volunteered. Most served in units mustering in St. Johnsb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabot, Pennsylvania
Cabot is an unincorporated community in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. The Zip Code is 16023. Geography The longitude is -79.766W. The latitude of Cabot is 40.764N. It is in the Eastern Standard time zone. Elevation is 1,198 feet. History Cabot was founded in 1806 as a rural community in Winfield Township. The community was first founded by Frederick Doerr, but the town eventually became named after Godfrey Lowell Cabot Godfrey Lowell Cabot (February 26, 1861 – November 2, 1962) was an American industrialist who founded the Cabot Corporation. Early life Godfrey Lowell Cabot was born in Boston, Massachusetts and attended Boston Latin School. His father was S ..., who founded the Cabot Academy. The community has a history of being an agricultural community closely associated with Winfield Township. Eight-year-old Cherrie Mahan, the first child featured on the direct-mailer marketer company ADVO's "Have You Seen Me?" program, disappeared after getting o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabot, Arkansas
Cabot is the largest city in Lonoke County, Arkansas, Lonoke County, Arkansas, United States, and a suburb of Little Rock, Arkansas, Little Rock. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, the population of the city was 23,776, and in 2019 the population was an estimated 26,352, ranking it as the state's 19th largest city, behind Jacksonville, Arkansas, Jacksonville. It is part of the Little Rock, Arkansas, Little Rock–North Little Rock, Arkansas, North Little Rock–Conway, Arkansas, Conway Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Prior to settlement Before the city of Cabot existed, an 1862 typhoid epidemic took the lives of about 1500 Confederate States of America, Confederate soldiers previously under Allison Nelson who were camped in the hills surrounding Cabot and its neighbor, Austin, Arkansas, Austin. In 1905, 428 poorly marked graves were exhumed by a group of Confederate veterans and moved to a n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabot Tower (St
Cabot Tower may refer to one of two towers, both named after John Cabot: *Cabot Tower, Bristol in Bristol, England. *Cabot Tower (St. John's) Cabot Tower is a tower in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, situated on Signal Hill. Construction of the tower began in 1898 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of John Cabot's discovery of Newfoundland, and Queen Victoria's Diamond Jub ... in Newfoundland, Canada. {{Disambig Buildings and structures disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabot Trail
The Cabot Trail is a scenic highway on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is a loop around the northern tip of the island, passing along and through the Cape Breton Highlands and the Cape Breton Highlands National Park. It is named after the explorer John Cabot who landed in Atlantic Canada in 1497, although modern historians agree his landfall likely took place in Newfoundland (island), Newfoundland and not Cape Breton Island. Premier Angus L. MacDonald wanted to re-brand Nova Scotia for tourism purposes as primarily Scottish and, as part of this effort, created both the names Cape Breton Highlands and Cabot Trail.Ian MacKay and Robin Bates. ''In the Province of History''. Montreal: McGill-Queen's Press. 2010. Construction of the initial route was completed in 1932. The western and eastern sections follow the rugged coastline, with views of the ocean. The southwestern section passes through the Margaree River valley before passing along Bras d'Or Lake. The route is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabot Strait
Cabot Strait (; french: détroit de Cabot, ) is a strait in eastern Canada approximately 110 kilometres wide between Cape Ray, Newfoundland and Cape North, Cape Breton Island. It is the widest of the three outlets for the Gulf of Saint Lawrence into the Atlantic Ocean, the others being the Strait of Belle Isle and Strait of Canso. It is named for the italian explorer Giovanni Caboto. The strait's bathymetry is varied, with the Laurentian Channel creating a deep trench through its centre, and comparatively shallow coastal waters closer to Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island. These bathymetric conditions have been known by mariners to cause rogue waves. The steep slope of the Laurentian Channel was the site of a disastrous submarine landslide at the southeastern end of the strait, triggered by the 1929 Grand Banks earthquake and leading to a tsunami that devastated communities along Newfoundland's south coast and parts of Cape Breton Island. A strategically important ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabot Square, Montreal
, photo = Square Cabot Montreal.JPG , photo_width = , photo_caption = The monument to John Cabot in Cabot Square. , map = Canada Montreal , map_width = , type = Town square , location = Shaughnessy Village, Ville-Marie Montreal, Quebec, Canada , nearest_city = , coords = , coords_ref = , area = , created = , operator = City of Montreal , visitation_num = , status = Open all year , open = Cabot Square (french: Square Cabot) is an urban square in Montreal, Quebec, Canada between the former Montreal Forum and the former Montreal Children's Hospital. The square is in the Shaughnessy Village neighbourhood, an area recently re-dubbed the ''Quartier des Grands Jardins'' and has been slated for redevelopment. It is one of three statues of John Cabot in Canada; the others are both in Newfoundland at Confederation Building in St. John's and Cape Bonavista. Two other statues of Cabot are both found in Bristol, England, at Council House and Bristol Harbour. Ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabot Head
Cabot Head is a point of land on the northeast tip of the Bruce Peninsula in the Canadian province of Ontario. The Bruce Peninsula separates Georgian Bay from the rest of Lake Huron. Cabot Head is so named in honor of the explorer John Cabot, although Cabot never explored the Great Lakes. The name of the area was bestowed by John Graves Simcoe (1752-1806). Cabot Head Lighthouse sits 80 feet above the waterline of Georgian Bay. Originally built in 1896, the lighthouse is located on the eastern shore of Wingfield Basin Provincial Nature Reserve Wingfield may refer to: People * Anthony Wingfield (other), multiple people * Brenda Wingfield, South African geneticist * Lady Bridget Wingfield (died 1534), neighbour, close friend and lady-in-waiting to Anne Boleyn, second wife of Hen ..., marking a popular inlet for pleasure craft during harsh weather In 1968 the original tower and range light were demolished and replaced with an automated light. Over the next 15 years, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Dudley Cabot
Thomas Dudley Cabot (May 1, 1897 – June 8, 1995) was an American businessman. He also became U.S. Department of State's Director of Office of International Security Affairs. Early life Cabot was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His father was Godfrey Lowell Cabot, founder of Cabot Corporation and a philanthropist. His mother was Maria Moors Cabot. Cabot was named after Thomas Dudley, the governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony who signed the charter creating Harvard College. Two of his siblings were John Moors Cabot (b. 1901), U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, Colombia, Brazil, and Poland during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administration, and Eleanor Cabot of the Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate. Cabot graduated from Browne & Nichols School in 1913. He took some courses at Boston Tech (now known as Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Curtiss Flying School, becoming a World War I flight instructor at Kelly Field in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, before graduating cum laude from Harvard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
