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Storrs Congregational Church, Storrs CT
Storrs may refer to: * Storrs (surname) * Storrs, Connecticut, a village where the main campus of the University of Connecticut is located ** Charles and Augustus Storrs Charles Storrs (January 24, 1822 – September 1, 1884) and Augustus Storrs (June 4, 1817 – March 3, 1892) were American business partners and brothers who played a key role in establishing the Storrs Agricultural School (now the University of ..., founders of the University of Connecticut and namesakes of the village * Storrs Township, Hamilton County, Ohio * Storrs, South Yorkshire, a rural hamlet within the City of Sheffield, England * Storrs, Cumbria See also * Storrs Hall, a listed building in Cumbria, England * Yealand Storrs, a hamlet in the English county of Lancashire * Storr {{disambiguation, geo ...
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Storrs (surname)
Storrs is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Margaret Storrs Grierson (1900–1997), American academic and archivist * J. Storrs Hall, scientist in the field of molecular nanotechnology * Cherilla Storrs Lowrey (1861–1918), American educator and clubwoman * Charles and Augustus Storrs, business partners and brothers who founded the University of Connecticut in 1881 * Elizabeth Storrs Mead (1832–1917), American educator * John Storrs (architect) (1920–2003), America architect who designed the World Forestry Center in Oregon * John Storrs (priest) (1846–1928), Anglican priest, Dean of Rochester * John Storrs (sculptor) (1885–1956), American modernist sculptor * Henry R. Storrs (1787–1837), U.S. Representative from New York * Charles Backus Storrs (1794–1833), first President of Western Reserve College and Preparatory School * George Storrs George Storrs (December 13, 1796 – December 28, 1879) was a Christian teacher and writer in the Unite ...
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Storrs, Connecticut
Storrs ( ) is a village and census-designated place (CDP) in the New England town, town of Mansfield, Connecticut, Mansfield in eastern Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The village is part of the Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, Capitol Planning Region. The population was 15,979 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Storrs is dominated economically and demographically by the main campus of the University of Connecticut and the associated Connecticut Repertory Theatre. History Storrs was named after Charles and Augustus Storrs, two brothers who founded the University of Connecticut (originally called the Storrs Agricultural College) by giving the land () and $6,000 in 1881. In the aftermath of September 2005's Hurricane Katrina, ''Slate (magazine), Slate'' named Storrs "America's Best Place to Avoid Death Due to Natural Disaster." Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the community has an area of 14.9 km (5.7 mi2), of which 1 ...
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University Of Connecticut
The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university system with its main campus in Storrs, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School, named after two benefactors. In 1893, the school became a public land grant college, then took its current name in 1939. Over the following decade, social work, nursing, and graduate programs were established. During the 1960s, UConn Health was established for new medical and dental schools. UConn is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. With more than 32,000 students, the University of Connecticut is the largest university in Connecticut by enrollment. The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". UConn is one of the founding institutions of the Hartford- Springfield regional economic and cultural partnership alliance known as New England's Knowledge Corridor. UConn was the second U.S. university i ...
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Charles And Augustus Storrs
Charles Storrs (January 24, 1822 – September 1, 1884) and Augustus Storrs (June 4, 1817 – March 3, 1892) were American business partners and brothers who played a key role in establishing the Storrs Agricultural School (now the University of Connecticut) in 1881. Biography The Storrs brothers were born into a hardscrabble farming family in Mansfield, Connecticut. Their parents were Royal Storrs, Jr., and Eunice Freeman, both of Mansfield. The Storrs brothers traced their paternity back to Samuel Storrs, who emigrated to the United States in 1663 from Nottinghamshire. He lived in Barnstable, Massachusetts, and then moved to Mansfield, Connecticut, where he died in April 1719. The brothers attended country school but never went to college. Charles Storrs became a school teacher at age 18, hired a substitute to work on his father's farm, and started himself out in business. He spent three years selling Mansfield-made silk to wholesale merchants, worked on commission for a manu ...
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Storrs Township, Hamilton County, Ohio
Storrs Township was a civil township in south-central Hamilton County, Ohio. It was established in 1835 and annexed to Cincinnati in 1870 but remained in nominal form until at least 1890 due to an oversight. Name Storrs Township was named after Abigail Maria Storrs, the wife of Ethan Stone. Stone was a lawyer who went into banking after becoming blind. He was a Federalist member of the Ohio General Assembly from 1805 to 1806 and became president of the Bank of Cincinnati in 1814. History The land that would become Storrs Township was included in the 1794 Symmes Purchase. In 1810, Ethan Stone, an influential former state representative and investor, convinced the Ohio General Assembly to lease to him Section 29 of Cincinnati Township, which he would then sublet. The lease was amended in 1821, allowing him to rent the section for $40 annually for 99 years, renewable in perpetuity. It would prove lucrative to Stone. In 1835, Cincinnati Township was abolished due to annexatio ...
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Storrs, South Yorkshire
Storrs is a Hamlet (place), hamlet within the boundaries of the City of Sheffield in England, west-northwest of the city centre. It is between the suburb of Stannington, Sheffield, Stannington and the village of Dungworth in the civil parish of Bradfield, South Yorkshire, Bradfield at a height of 210 metres above sea level between the River Loxley, Loxley and River Rivelin, Rivelin valleys. Although historically a farming settlement, water-powered Watermill, milling on the Storrs Brook and small-scale cutlery making has also taken place in the hamlet. History The name Storrs is a derivation of the Old Norse word ''Storth'', which means a wooded place and is commonly found in the names of Vikings, Viking settlements set up in woodland clearings. One of the first written references to the hamlet was in 1288 when the ancient Hallamshire family of Shaw first became established after Ralph del Shagh became a tenant at a local farm; the surname continued at the same farm for the n ...
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Storrs, Cumbria
Storrs is a hamlet in the civil parish of Windermere and Bowness, in the Westmorland and Furness district of the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. It lies south of Bowness-on-Windermere, on the A592 road, close to the east shore of the lake, Windermere. Historically a part of Westmorland, the most notable landmark is the Grade II* listed Georgian mansion and folly at Storrs Hall. See also *Listed buildings in Windermere, Cumbria (town) Windermere and Bowness is a civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness District of Cumbria, England. It contains 82 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, four ar ... References External links Hamlets in Cumbria Westmorland and Furness {{Cumbria-geo-stub ...
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Storrs Hall
Storrs Hall is a hotel on the banks of Windermere in Storrs in the Lake District, Cumbria, England. The hotel, a Grade II* listed Georgian mansion, is also home to the National Trust-owned folly the "Temple" on the end of a stone jetty on Windermere. History The mansion was first built in the 1790s by Sir John Legard, a Yorkshire landowner. After 14 years of owning the building, Sir John Legard became increasingly crippled by gout, and eventually sold Storrs Hall in 1804. The new owner of Storrs Hall was John Bolton, born in Ulverston, Lancashire in 1756, who was a rich man and one of the wealthiest men of his class. He extended the mansion and created a park. John Bolton was a Lancastrian who made a fortune as a Liverpool slave trader. He bought Storrs Hall with some of the proceeds and used the residence to entertain in style, holding regattas on the lake which were attended by Wordsworth and Sir Walter Scott amongst others. Elizabeth Bolton died in 1848 and the hall pa ...
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Yealand Storrs
Yealand Storrs is a hamlet in the English county of Lancashire. Geography Yealand Storrs is north of Lancaster near the border with Cumbria, it is in the civil parish of Yealand Redmayne, in the City of Lancaster The City of Lancaster, or simply ''Lancaster'' (), is a non-metropolitan district, local government district with City status in the United Kingdom, city status in Lancashire, England. It is named after its largest settlement, Lancaster, Lanca ... district. Gallery File:A_rarish_sighting_of_a_bittern_at_RSPB_Leighton_Moss_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1459774.jpg, A little bittern near Yealand Storrs File:Hallmore_Trout_Fishery_-_geograph.org.uk_-_94630.jpg, Hallmore trout farm File:Leighton_Moss_-_geograph.org.uk_-_495714.jpg, View of Leighton Moss References External links {{authority control Villages in Lancashire Geography of the City of Lancaster ...
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