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Thurston
Thurston may refer to: Places Antarctica * Thurston Glacier, Marie Byrd Land * Thurston Island, off Ellsworth Land United Kingdom * Thurston, Suffolk, England, a village and parish ** Thurston railway station United States * Thurston County, Nebraska ** Thurston, Nebraska, a village * Thurston, New York, a town * Thurston, Ohio, a village * Thurston, Oregon (other), several places * Thurston County, Washington * Thurston Creek, Washington * Thurston Lake, California, United States People and fictional characters * Thurston (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname Schools * Thurston Community College, a co-educational secondary school and sixth form in Thurston, Suffolk, England * Thurston High School, Springfield, Oregon, United States * Lee M. Thurston High School, Redford, Michigan, United States * Thurston Elementary School, Ann Arbor, Michigan Other uses * Thurston Gardens, botanical gardens in Suva, Fiji * Thurston House (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thurston County, Washington
Thurston County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 294,793. The county seat is Olympia, Washington, Olympia, the state Capital (political), capital. Thurston County was created out of Lewis County, Washington, Lewis County by the government of Oregon Territory on January 12, 1852. At that time, it covered all of the Puget Sound region and the Olympic Peninsula. On December 22 of the same year, Pierce County, Washington, Pierce, King County, Washington, King, Island County, Washington, Island, and Jefferson County, Washington, Jefferson counties were split off from Thurston County. It is named after Samuel Thurston, Samuel R. Thurston, the Oregon Territory's first delegate to United States Congress, Congress. Today, the county includes the southernmost part of the South Puget Sound and areas south along the Interstate 5, I-5 corridor. Thurston County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thurston Island
Thurston Island () is a largely ice-covered, glacially dissected island, long and wide, lying between Amundsen Sea and Bellingshausen Sea a short way off the northwest end of Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. The island is separated from the mainland by Peacock Sound, which is occupied by the west portion of Abbot Ice Shelf. Geography Thurston Island is separated from the mainland by Peacock Sound, which is occupied by the western portion of Abbot Ice Shelf. It lies off the Eights Coast. Bellingshausen Sea lies the east and Amundsen Sea to the west. Sherman Island (Antarctica), Sherman Island, Carpenter Island and Dustin Island in Seraph Bay lie to the south of Thurston Island. The Walker Mountains form the spine of the island. Peaks in that range include, from west to east, Landfall Peak, Mount Lopez, Mount Caldwell, Mount Kazukaitis, Mount Simpson, Mount Noxon, Mount Leech, Mount Hubbard (Antarctica), Mount Hubbard, Smith Peak (Antarctica), Smith Peak, Mount Borgesen, Guy Pea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thurston (name)
Thurston () is an English-language name. The name has several origins. In some cases it can have originated from the Old Norse personal name ''Þórsteinn''. This name is derived from the Old Norse elements ''Þórr'' ("Thor", the Scandinavian thunder god) and ''steinn'' ("stone", "rock"). In other cases the name can have originated from the name of Thurston, located in Suffolk, England.. This webpage cited: . This place name is derived from the Old Norse personal name ''Þóri'' and the Old English element ''tūn'' ("enclosure", "settlement").. This webpage cited: . Surname People *Asa Thurston (1787–1868), American missionary in Hawaii *Baratunde Thurston (born 1977), American comedian *Colin Thurston (1947–2007), English recording engineer and producer *Darren Thurston (born c. 1970), Canadian animal rights activist * David Thurston (1918–2013), American aircraft designer * David Thurston (born 1955), British Anti-Cancer Drug Design Professor * Deborah Thurston, American en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thurstone
Louis Leon Thurstone (May 29, 1887 – September 29, 1955) was an American pioneer in the fields of psychometrics and psychophysics. He conceived the approach to measurement known as the law of comparative judgment, and is well known for his contributions to factor analysis. A ''Review of General Psychology'' survey, published in 2002, ranked Thurstone as the 88th most cited psychologist of the 20th century, tied with John Garcia, James J. Gibson, David Rumelhart, Margaret Floy Washburn, and Robert S. Woodworth. Early life and career Thurstone was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Swedish immigrant parents. His family returned to Stockholm, Sweden, when he was eight years old, before returning to the United States in 1901, settling in Jamestown, New York. Thurstone originally received a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University in 1912. Thurstone was offered a brief assistantship in the laboratory of Thomas Edison. In 1914, after two years as an instruct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thurston County, Nebraska
Thurston County is the northeasternmost county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 6,773. Its county seat is Pender. In the Nebraska license plate system, Thurston County is represented by the prefix 55 (it had the 55th-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922). The Siouan-speaking Omaha and Ho-Chunk have reservations in Thurston County. The two reservations combined comprise the county's entire land area. History Varying cultures of indigenous peoples lived along the rivers for hundreds of years before European encounter. The Omaha occupied this territory and much of Nebraska and western Iowa before the Europeans arrived. They had migrated west from the Ohio Valley under pressure from the Iroquois Confederacy in the early 17th century. Thurston County was organized by European Americans in 1889 from land that had been divided between Dakota and Burt count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thurston, Suffolk
Thurston is a village and a parish in Suffolk situated about east of Bury St Edmunds and west of Stowmarket. In mid-2005, Thurston's estimated population was 3,260, making it one of the larger communities in the area, falling slightly to 3,232 at the 2011 Census. Thurston railway station opened in 1846 and is still operating today. The village also has a frequent bus service to neighbouring towns, including Bury St Edmunds. The village is located under from the A14 and under from the M11 motorway. History The village is recorded in the Domesday Book as having a population of 66 households. It was part of the lands of the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds, then one of the largest landlords in England. Thurston was located in the middle of Thedwastre Hundred, an administrative district in the Middle Ages. The village sign depicts a tree, representing "Theodwards’s tree". This tree may have been the meeting place of the Hundred Court in Thedwastre Road, Thurston. By the 1870s, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thurston, Nebraska
Thurston is a village in Thurston County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 132 at the 2010 census. History The first settlement at Thurston was made in the 1880s. Like Thurston County, it was named for John M. Thurston. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 132 people, 50 households, and 37 families living in the village. The population density was . There were 54 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 100% White. There were 50 households, of which 40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58% were married couples living together, 10% had a female householder with no husband present, 6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 26% were non-families. 24% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thurston End
Thurston may refer to: Places Antarctica * Thurston Glacier, Marie Byrd Land * Thurston Island, off Ellsworth Land United Kingdom * Thurston, Suffolk, England, a village and parish ** Thurston railway station United States * Thurston County, Nebraska ** Thurston, Nebraska, a village * Thurston, New York, a town * Thurston, Ohio, a village * Thurston, Oregon (other), several places * Thurston County, Washington * Thurston Creek, Washington * Thurston Lake, California, United States People and fictional characters * Thurston (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname Schools * Thurston Community College, a co-educational secondary school and sixth form in Thurston, Suffolk, England * Thurston High School, Springfield, Oregon, United States * Lee M. Thurston High School, Redford, Michigan, United States * Thurston Elementary School, Ann Arbor, Michigan Other uses * Thurston Gardens, botanical gardens in Suva, Fiji * Thurston H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thurston Community College
Thurston Community College is a Mixed-sex education, co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Thurston, Suffolk, Thurston, Suffolk, England. As of 2018, it has 1,733 students aged 11–18 drawn from the local village and surrounding rural communities. History The Community College was founded in 1973, and was originally known as Thurston Upper School. In 2023, the school was one of those identified as having buildings that could be structurally unsound because reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete had been used in their construction. Transition to two-tier education structure In September 2014, the school underwent a large transition in order to become a secondary school and follow the two-tier education structure. Because of this, the Thurston Sixth Form Centre was relocated to Beyton, on the site of the former Beyton#Education, Beyton Middle School, and is now known as Thurston Sixth: Beyton Campus. This also meant that the most junior year group was lowe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thurston High School
Thurston High School is a public high school located in the Thurston area of Springfield, Oregon, United States. Academics In 2024, 88% of the school's seniors received a high school diploma. 83% graduated in four years. 29% of students met Oregon proficiency standards in English language arts, 14% met the standards in mathematics, and 35% did so in science. Notable alumni * Anthony W. Case, astrophysicist * Colby Covington, professional mixed martial artist, former UFC interim welterweight champion * Jodi Ann Paterson, ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Year 2000 * Dan Straily (born 1988), starting pitcher in the Philadelphia Phillies organization Shooting On May 21, 1998, the school was the scene of a shooting Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missile .... Expelled student ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thurston Gardens
Thurston Gardens are the botanical gardens of Fiji. They used to be known as the Suva Botanical Gardens but its name was changed in honour of the fifth Governor of Fiji, John Bates Thurston, Sir John Bates Thurston, who was Governor from February 1888 to March 1897. Thurston Gardens is located in central Suva, between Albert Park (Suva), Albert Park and the Government House. History Thurston Gardens are built on the site of the original town of Suva that was burned in 1843 in one of the bloodiest fights in Fiji's history. Many of the inhabitants were killed and eaten by the people of Rewa Province, Rewa. In 1879, John Bates Thurston, Sir John Thurston invited and asked John Horne (Botanist), the Director of Forests and Botanic Gardens in Mauritius to visit and make recommendations for a Botanical Garden. The gardens were originally named Suva Botanical Gardens, but were renamed in 1976 in memory of John Bates Thurston, Sir John Thurston. In 1913 the Gardens were reorganized and d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thurston, New York
Thurston is a town in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 1,248 at the 2020 United States census. The town is named after early landowner William Thurston. The Town of Thurston is the east-central part of the county, northwest of Corning. History Thurston was first settled ''circa'' 1813. The town was formed from the Town of Cameron in the year 1844. The population in 1890 was 1,113. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and (0.25%) is water. Former New York State Route 333 (decommissioned and now County Road 333) passes across the town. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,309 people, 462 households, and 351 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 587 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 97.78% White, 0.46% African American, 0.61% Native American, 0.23% Asian, and 0.92% from two or m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
